Mildred J. Hill
Happy Birthday
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Learn the familiar Happy Birthday melody with your right hand. Count three beats per bar and prepare for the short pickup notes and the leap to the high birthday phrase.
Versions
Each version is a complete arrangement from Ultimidi’s books.
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Right hand Free
Right hand, treble clef · 25 notes · about 18 seconds · 3/4 at 92 BPM
Book One, chapter 7: Three beats per bar (chapter performance)
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The pickup uses two even eighth notes. This is a melody-only arrangement; lyrics and accompaniment are not included.
Notes: right hand
Note names for each bar. Each note lasts one beat unless the chart says otherwise.
| Bar | Notes |
|---|---|
| Bar 1 | rest (2 beats)G (0.5 beats)G (0.5 beats) |
| Bar 2 | AGC |
| Bar 3 | B (2 beats)G (0.5 beats)G (0.5 beats) |
| Bar 4 | AGD |
| Bar 5 | C (2 beats)G (0.5 beats)G (0.5 beats) |
| Bar 6 | GEC |
| Bar 7 | BAF (0.5 beats)F (0.5 beats) |
| Bar 8 | ECD |
| Bar 9 | C (3 beats) |
- Part
- Right hand, treble clef
- Notes used
- G, A, B, C, D, E and F (G3 to G4)
- Length
- 9 bars, 25 notes, about 18 seconds
- Time and tempo
- 3/4, 92 beats per minute
- Rhythm
- 8 eighth notes, 14 quarter notes, 2 half notes and 1 dotted half note
- Level
- Book One, chapter 7: Three beats per bar (chapter performance)
Source and credits
- Right hand: Happy Birthday, Mildred J. Hill. Melody: public domain. Arrangement: Ultimidi original beginner arrangement. Historic melody. Original notes, voicing and teaching arrangement; no third-party recording or modern arrangement is bundled. Reference: Good Morning to All, 1893; familiar birthday melody, even eighth-note pickup.