Happy Birthday, with two new late elementary/ early intermediate arrangements perfect for singalongs, as well as for my favorite student exercise - transposing!
I love to start Happy Birthday with a rolled chord as shown above (and below), because it primes everyone to know just when to jump into the song!
The left hand split chords of this arrangement are just the I, IV, and V7 chords. Very basic, and all piano players need to have an understanding of the relationship of these three chords. Here, because we are in the key of C, those chords end up being C, F, and G7.
Easy Happy Birthday For Guitar
I have found it difficult to get my students to feel comfortable with the seventh chords, so this newest arrangement is going to get a big push from me in the coming months!
For chord newbies: regular chords are TRIADS - on the piano it looks like note, skip, and skip. To turn that triad into a seventh chord, just add one more skip. (That's not the end of the story, but it's the BASIC idea.)
Because I intend to make those students for whom this level is appropriate TRANSPOSE this song, from the key of C to G, then to D, then to A, etc. Around the Circle of Fifths.
Happy Birthday Guitar Chords + Easy Tips To Play The Song
The Happy Birthday piano sheet music arrangement I feature just above uses a simple, bouncy left-hand chord accompaniment in the Oom -pah, pah style.
I call it simple because it is simple to UNDERSTAND. All the chords are in root position, and there is the seventh chord, as plain as plain, with its 4 notes.
My piano teacher (Mrs. Catherine Hahn, a wonderful woman) began her students with this bass note, chord, chord approach, using all root-position chords instead of inversions. This made understanding basic chords and even the 7th chords very easy.
Happy Birthday: Fingerstyle Guitar Lesson
Below is the melody of Happy Birthday as a lead sheet, for any instrument. Verse two uses words I heard in Sunday School as a child, but did not understand until I was an adult!
Born again (Ye must be born again, John Chapter 3 in the New Testament portion of the Bible) means Salvation; How many (how many birth - days -- how many times have you been BORN) have you?
Below is a version for brave beginners who want to be able to play all of Happy Birthday themselves, even to the octave stretch and the chords.
Jazz Guitar Chords
It is pretty easy, but kids need a bit of background in chord-playing first, such as Mary Had a Little Lamb (see that page for a little chord lesson) .
With these small chords, I like to tell my students This is a D 'pinch' chord (D & C together). This is a 'little' C chord (C & E together).
The version in G may be easier for your students to play, because with the key of F version, each hand has to deal with a Bb note. In the key of G version, only the right hand has a black note.
How To Play Happy Birthday On Guitar: Chords, Tab, Music
However, the G arrangement uses several bass clef ledger line notes! You will have to decide. I think the G version is easier.
Here are the Middle-C versions for beginner piano students, the easiest arrangements of all. Use one of these to make a duet with your beginner piano student, or even have two students play together.
That one is EASY to read. The next one is a good challenge for your students still working on note-reading around Middle C:
Happy Birthday Banjo Tab
If you want to turn it into a 2-student duet (the melody or Primo part will have to be played UP an octave), here are the Happy Birthday chords spelled out in this Secondo part.
Originally the words weren't Happy Birthday at all, but Good morning to you, good morning to you. Good morning, dear children, good morning to you!
Tells the riveting story of the time when Jews in ancient Persia faced a foe named Haman, and how a brave young queen risked her life to save her people.
Happy Birthday To You On A Single Guitar String + Tabs
This book is available as a digital download from this site. Visit this page to see some free examples from the book.
And when they start reading white-key notes on the staff, this is a fun easy resource to say each week, Choose a new black-key song at home this week and figure it out to show me next lesson! They will be spending more time at the piano.
The Adventures of Tonsta highlight the travels of a very young boy with a good heart, who goes about helping folk in trouble.
Happy, Happy Birthday Baby
With a red cap on his head and a sack of tools slung over his shoulder, Tonsta seems to meet people in distress wherever he goes.
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One girl kept wanting me to play Cats at Night for her, and she was so excited to start learning it :)
Happy Birthday To You
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Happy Birthday Guitar Sheet Music
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“Happy Birthday”is a song that is traditionally sung to celebrate the anniversary of a person’s birth, and one of the most popular party songs. According to the 1998 Guinness World Records, this is the most recognised tune in the English language.
The melody of the rhyme comes from the song “Good Morning to All”. In 1893, Patty Hill and her composer sister Mildred published it in a songbook called
Happy Birthday Guitar Chords For Beginners
On this page you can find Guitar Chords and Tabs followed by an Easy Guitar Sheet Music with notes and tablature. See also our Printable PDF file for free download. Table of Contents
‘Happy Birthday Song’ is an extremely easy 3-chord song in a major key. We suggest the key of C major (and, alternatively, the key of G major as you can see next). To play the tune in C one must be familiarised with the full “barré” technique. The remaining two C and G chords are essential for beginners.
Besides that, the melody range that results when singing in the key of C is an octave from G4 to G5 (see on the Music Sheet in C following). This range is well suited to most children’s voice pitch. Nevertheless, you could use a capo to transpose to C#, D, Eb, or E major by placing it respectively on fret I, II, III, or IV.
Happy Birthday Easy Guitar Chords
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In this key the melody extends to an octave from D4 to D5 (see on the Music Sheet in G following) and it might not sound so bright for women or children compared to the C key. However, it is perfect for male voices. Nevertheless, you could use a capo to transpose to G#, A, Bb, or B major by placing it respectively on fret I, II, III, or IV.
For saving this free image with the guitar chords of “Happy Birthday Song” to your computer, right click (or tap and hold, on mobile devices) and choose “Save Image As…”.
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This is a simple transcription for guitar with recommended fingering. As much as the song is great for singing with kids, it is also an ideal piece for guitar beginners – actually one can play it within the first week of guitar lessons! It is a pleasant tune to practice the notes on the 1st position and up to the 3rd fret with fingers 1, 2 and 3
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