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The Star-Spangled Banner Violin Notes with Finger Numbers

Letters, strings and finger numbers for violin. Starts G E C E G C.

Key
C major
Range
C4–G5
Length
102 notes
Melody
1778, public domain

The notes

Key: C major.

GD 3ED 1CG 3ED 1GD 3CA L2EE 0DA 3CA L2ED 1F♯D 2GD 3GD 3GD 3EE 0DA 3CA L2BA 1AA 0BA 1CA L2CA L2GD 3ED 1CG 3GD 3ED 1

CG 3ED 1GD 3CA L2EE 0DA 3CA L2ED 1F♯D 2GD 3GD 3GD 3EE 0DA 3CA L2BA 1AA 0BA 1CA L2CA L2GD 3ED 1CG 3EE 0EE 0

EE 0FE L1GE L2GE L2FE L1EE 0DA 3EE 0FE L1FE L1FE L1EE 0DA 3CA L2BA 1AA 0BA 1CA L2ED 1F♯D 2GD 3GD 3GD 3

CA L2CA L2CA L2BA 1AA 0AA 0AA 0DA 3FE L1EE 0DA 3CA L2CA L2BA 1GD 3GD 3CA L2DA 3EE 0FE L1GE L2CA L2DA 3EE 0FE L1DA 3CA L2

String and finger: 0 = open string, 1–4 = fingers, L = low (finger back a half step). First position.
  • CG string, 3 finger
  • ED string, 1 finger
  • F♯D string, 2 finger
  • GD string, 3 finger
  • AA string, open
  • BA string, 1 finger
  • CA string, low 2 finger
  • DA string, 3 finger
  • EE string, open
  • FE string, low 1 finger
  • GE string, low 2 finger
70%

Staff notation

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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)

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