Mary Had a Little Lamb on the jaw harp: tabs
Mary Had a Little Lamb is a very easy song on the jaw harp: 26 notes over 8 bars in 4/4 at 110 BPM, about 17 seconds. It uses 4 different keys. It is moved 19 semitones up to fit the keys.
Mary Had a Little Lamb jaw harp tab in numbers
| 10 9 8 9 | 10 10 10 - | | 9 9 9 - | 10 12 12 - | | 10 9 8 9 | 10 10 10 10 | | 9 9 10 9 | 8 - - - |
What to watch for
- The most played key is 10, used for 11 of the 26 notes. The tune goes from 8 up to 12.
- The widest jump is from 10 to 12 (3 semitones): slow down there the first times.
- A note is played again straight after itself 9 times: keep the beat steady rather than rushing the repeats.
How to read this tab
A vertical bar is a bar line. A dash keeps the last note ringing, an r is a silent beat, and notes in brackets are played together. It shows the melody part. The jaw harp page explains the notes in more detail.