| Did you know that Happy Birthday is the song that is | | | | be written in lower case - g. |
| sung most often, world wide! It covers a range of 8 | | | | Here are the notes for Happy Birthday, played on the |
| notes or an octave. To play it on the piano place 2 | | | | white keys, between G and g. |
| markers (like coins) either side of your end notes. This | | | | G G A G C B |
| will make it easier to find your position. | | | | G G A G D C |
| The white keys on the piano are named after the first | | | | G G g E C B A |
| 7 letters of the alphabet - A B C D E F G. | | | | F F E C D C |
| Our song starts on G. To find G, find a group of 3 | | | | You could play the song with just one finger, but it is |
| black keys in the middle of the piano. G is the white | | | | better to use one finger per note. Piano fingering is the |
| key between the 1st and 2nd black key. Place a | | | | way the fingers are numbered. The thumb is 1, the |
| marker on the note to the left of G. This is F. Now find | | | | index finger is 2 and so on. Place both thumbs on |
| the G, 8 notes higher. Place a marker on the note to | | | | Middle C. The song starts with the 4th finger of your |
| the right of G. This is A. | | | | left hand on G. Enjoy playing the world's most popular |
| Because you will be playing both the high and low G, | | | | song. |
| the low G will be written as a capital - G; the high G will | | | | |