Happy Birthday to You on the kazoo: tabs
Happy Birthday to You is a easy song on the kazoo: 25 notes over 8 bars in 3/4 at 108 BPM, about 13 seconds. It uses 8 different keys. It fits the keys as it is, with no transposing.
Happy Birthday to You kazoo tab in letters
| G4G4 A4 G4 | C5 B4 - | | G4G4 A4 G4 | D5 C5 - | | G4G4 G5 E5 | C5 B4 A4 | | F5F5 E5 C5 | D5 C5 - |
What to watch for
- The most played key is G4, used for 8 of the 25 notes. The tune goes from G4 up to G5.
- The widest jump is from G4 to G5 (12 semitones): slow down there the first times.
- A note is played again straight after itself 4 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 kazoo page explains the notes in more detail.