The Star-Spangled Banner Clarinet Notes
Letter notes in the written key for B♭ clarinet. Starts C A F A C F.
The notes
Key: F major for B♭ clarinet (written pitch). It sounds in E♭ major, so it plays along with a piano in E♭.
CAFACFAGFABCCCAGFEDEFFCAFCA
FACFAGFABCCCAGFEDEFFCAFAA
AB♭C↑C↑B♭AGAB♭B♭B♭AGFEDEFABCCC
FFFEDDDGB♭AGFFECCFGAB♭C↑FGAB♭GF
Notes marked ↑ are above B♭4 and cross the break (use the register key).
Key: G major for B♭ clarinet (written pitch). It sounds in F major, so it plays along with a piano in F.
DBGBDGB↑AGBC♯DDDB↑AGF♯EF♯GGDBGDB
GBDGB↑AGBC♯DDDB↑AGF♯EF♯GGDBGB↑B↑
B↑C↑D↑D↑C↑B↑AB↑C↑C↑C↑B↑AGF♯EF♯GBC♯DDD
GGGF♯EEEAC↑B↑AGGF♯DDGAB↑C↑D↑GAB↑C↑AG
Notes marked ↑ are above B♭4 and cross the break (use the register key).
Key: E major for B♭ clarinet (written pitch). It sounds in D major, so it plays along with a piano in D.
BG♯EG♯BEG♯F♯EG♯A♯BBBG♯F♯ED♯C♯D♯EEBG♯EBG♯
EG♯BEG♯F♯EG♯A♯BBBG♯F♯ED♯C♯D♯EEBG♯EG♯G♯
G♯AB↑B↑AG♯F♯G♯AAAG♯F♯ED♯C♯D♯EG♯A♯BBB
EEED♯C♯C♯C♯F♯AG♯F♯EED♯BBEF♯G♯AB↑EF♯G♯AF♯E
Notes marked ↑ are above B♭4 and cross the break (use the register key).
Key: C major for B♭ clarinet (written pitch). It sounds in B♭ major, so it plays along with a piano in B♭.
GECEGC↑E↑D↑C↑EF♯GGGE↑D↑C↑B↑AB↑C↑C↑GECGE
CEGC↑E↑D↑C↑EF♯GGGE↑D↑C↑B↑AB↑C↑C↑GECE↑E↑
E↑F↑G↑G↑F↑E↑D↑E↑F↑F↑F↑E↑D↑C↑B↑AB↑C↑EF♯GGG
C↑C↑C↑B↑AAAD↑F↑E↑D↑C↑C↑B↑GGC↑D↑E↑F↑G↑C↑D↑E↑F↑D↑C↑
Notes marked ↑ are above B♭4 and cross the break (use the register key).
Staff notation
Play-along guide: the melody played by your browser’s clarinet sound, at concert pitch. The lit note follows the music. Print large notes
About this song
- Melody
- John Stafford Smith (1750–1836), 1778
- Public domain
- Melody 1778, melody only: first published before 1931.
- Source
- Franklin Square Song Collection (Harper & Brothers, 1881), p. 65 (1881)