The Star-Spangled Banner Trumpet Notes with Valves
Letters and valve numbers for B♭ trumpet. Starts G E C E G C.
The notes
Key: C major for B♭ trumpet (written pitch). It sounds in B♭ major, so it plays along with a piano in B♭.
G0E12C0E12G0C0E0D1C0E12F♯2G0G0G0E0D1C0B2A12B2C0C0G0E12C0G0E12
C0E12G0C0E0D1C0E12F♯2G0G0G0E0D1C0B2A12B2C0C0G0E12C0E0E0
E0F1G0G0F1E0D1E0F1F1F1E0D1C0B2A12B2C0E12F♯2G0G0G0
C0C0C0B2A12A12A12D1F1E0D1C0C0B2G0G0C0D1E0F1G0C0D1E0F1D1C0
- Copen
- Evalves 1 + 2
- F♯valves 2
- Gopen
- Avalves 1 + 2
- Bvalves 2
- Copen
- Dvalves 1
- Eopen
- Fvalves 1
- Gopen
Staff notation
Play-along guide: the melody played by your browser’s trumpet 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)