HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
Time signature: 3/4
Typical tempo: 80 bpm. |
Probably Patty Hill and Mildred J. Hill, 1893
See historic link at bottom of page. |
Accordion Notation
Beats per bar = 3
Dots (or equivalent) per beat = 1 |
Either row (high): Buttons 5 to 8
Inside row (low): Buttons 2 to 5 |
Either row (high)
"5 "5 | .5* .5 .6 | :6* Hap-py birth-day to you, "5 "5 | .5* .5 .7* | :6 Hap-py birth-day to you, "5 "5 | .8 .7 .6 | .6* .5*~ Hap-py birth-day dear [NAME], "8* "8* | .7 .6 .7* | :6~ Hap-py birth-day to you. |
Inside row (low)
"2 "2 | .o3* .2 .3 | :2* Hap-py birth-day to you, "2 "2 | .o3* .2 .3* | :3 Hap-py birth-day to you, "2 "2 | .5 .4 .3 | .2* .o3*~ Hap-py birth-day dear [NAME], "4* "4* | .4 .3 .3* | :3~ Hap-py birth-day to you. |
Embedded youTUBE VIDEOS
Key: C from time 0:06 to 0:52
C# from 0:53 to 1:18 Pianist: ? Posted by: jeffip97music |
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Key: D
Pianist: ? Posted by: The Suntrees Sky - Topic |
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Key: D
Guitarist: Markus Jimi Ivan Posted by: THECRAESH |
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Key: E
Tempo: ~ 80 bpm. Player(s) and Singers: ? & ? Posted by: avistar11 |
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Key: F
Pianist: Kaleb Brasee Posted by: Kaleb Brasee |
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Key: C
Tempo: ~80 bpm Players: ? & ? Posted by Yuri Charyguine 2013-09-24 Interesting Castelfidardo advertising. Built by Giancarlo Francenella. |
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Key: G
Tempo ~65 bpm. Player: ? Posted by: Senor Parrandas Cross-playing on a Hohner Corona II. |
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Key: C
Tempo: ~75 bpm. Player: ? Posted by: videowensblog Playing an app on an android smart phone. |
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Key: G
Tempo: ~80 bpm. Player: ? Oscar Cedano ? Posted by: Oscar Cedano Played using treble button chords. |
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Key: E
Group: The Minions Posted by: Hetari Plus The amusing Minions youTube video at right has both a classical version and a rock-and-roll version of this birthday tune. |
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Background:
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Click HERE for Wikipedia background information on Happy Birthday to You. This will open in a new window, so you can easily move back and forth between the two sites.
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Copyright Info:
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My note in July 2015: Strange as it may sound, this birthday song may still have copyright protection (to be decided soon by a case in the United States.)
September 2015: An American Federal Court decided that, for this song, the existing "copyright registration applied only to a specific piano arrangement of this song, and not to its lyrics and melody." |