(THE)  STAR-SPANGLED  BANNER

Time signature: 3/4
Tempo:  Moderately, with feeling.
Words:  Frances Scott Key (1814)
​Music:  John Stafford Smith  (before 1774)
UNDER CONSTRUCTION:  Notation and youTube keys need to be checked.
Accordion Notation
Beats per bar =  3
Beat symbol  =   Dot ( . ) or equivalent    
Inside  row   =  Buttons  3 - 8  plus o6*
Outside row =  Buttons  3 - 8  plus o1

Verse 1 (of 3)

'"5  '4   |   .3    .4    .5   |   :6    '"7   '7*   |    .6       .4  .(o6*/o1)   |   :5
  O___       say   can  you      see,   by   the        dawn's  ear  -    ly               light?

 "5    "5   |    ;7   "7* .6   |   :6*   "5*   "6*   |   .6   .6      .5   |    .4    .3
What  so     proud - ly   we     hailed   at    the        twi-light's  last    gleam-ing;

  '"5        '4    |    .3       .4     .5    |   :6       '"7      '7*   |   .6   .4  .(o6*/o1)   |   :5
Whose  broad    stripes  and  bright    stars  through  the         per - il  -   ous              fight;

 "5   "5   |   ;7   "7*   .6   |    :6*       "5*   "6*   |   .6   .6   .5   |     .4    .3
O'er  the     ram-parts   we    watched,  were   so          gal-lant-ly       stream-ing!


  '"7   '7   |   .7   .8*   .8   |   :8     "8*   "7    |    .7*   .7   .8*   |   :8*
And  the       rock-ets'  red     glare,  the  bombs     burst-ing   in          air,

  .8*   |   ;7       "7*     .6   |   :6*   "5*  "6*  |  .6    .4   .(o6*/o1)  |   :5
Gave    proof  through  the      night  that  our     flag  was      still            there!

.5   |   .6    .6    "6  "6*   |   .5*   .5*   .5*   |   .7*  "8* "7    "7*  "6   |   .6   .6*
 O      say  does   that__         star-span-gled       ban - ner__       yet___         wave__

 "5   "5   |   ;6  "7*   "7   "8*  |   :8     "6   "7*   |   :7    .8*  |  .7*    :6~ | ~;   "r
O'er  the      land___     of    the       free   and  the       home  of       the    brave__?

Embedded youTube VIDEOS
Ten videos in various keys:    Ab=3      Bb=3        Bb,G=1     C=1     Eb=1      E=1
Key:  C

Group:  Mormon Tabernacle Choir 

​Posted by:  UKmatt89

​Two-verse version.
Key:  Bb

Singer:  Thomas Beveridge

​Posted by:  ​humano773

​Contains multiple verses.
Key:  Bb   from time 0 to 2:22
         G     from 2:23 TO 3:40 (END)

Pianist:  ?

​Posted by:  Sheet Music Boss
Key:  E

Singer:  Beyonce

Posted by:  ABC News

Performed at the 2013 Presidential Inauguration of Barrack Obama.
Key:  Bb

Group:   US Army Field Band
              and Chorus

Posted by: The United States Army
​                  Field Band
​
Key:  Ab

Singer:  Jackie Evancho

Posted by:  Jackie Evancho - Topic
Key:  Ab

Singer:  Whitney Houston

​Posted by:  CavBuffaloSoldier

Anthem begins at time 1:15
Key:  Ab

Band:  U.S. Navy Band  

​Posted by:  FreeMusic

​
Key:  Eb

Singer:  Lee Greenwood

Orchestra:  Nashville String Machine

Choir:  The Kid's Connection, and the
            Woodmont Baptist Church Choir

Posted by:  Lee Greenwoord - Topic
Key:  Bb

Group:  New York Philharmonic 

​Conductor:  Kurt Masur

Posted by:  New York Philharmonic

Performed in New York on 20 September 2001, nine days after "9-11".
Background Materials, Information & Links
​Lyrics:
O say can you see, by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming,
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there;
O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

On the shore dimly seen through the mists of the deep,
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,
In full glory reflected now shines in the stream:
'Tis the star-spangled banner, O long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion,
A home and a country, should leave us no more?
Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave:
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave,
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

O thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved homes and the war's desolation.
Blest with vict'ry and peace, may the Heav'n rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation!
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: 'In God is our trust.'
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
Background Links:
Click HERE for additional wikipedia info about this National Anthem.

Click HERE  for wikipedia biographical info on John Stafford Smith. 

Click HERE for wikipedia biographical info on Francis Scott Key