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Happy Birthday: alto part

The alto part of Happy Birthday in G, from A3 to E4. Hear it on its own or with the others, then sing it and watch each note light up.

Sings the words mostly a third or sixth below the tune, keeping to B and C for most of it, low and easy.

Range
A3 to E4
Key
G
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How to learn the alto part

  1. 01 · Your part

    Hear your part on its own until the tune of it is in your ear.

  2. 02 · With the others

    Hear it with the others, so you know where it sits in the chord.

  3. 03 · Sing it

    Sing it with the others under you and watch each note light up as you land it. The mic listens only while it plays, and nothing is recorded.

About Happy Birthday

Words: Traditional (published 1912)

Tune: "Good Morning to All", Mildred J. Hill (1893)

Happy Birthday takes its tune from Good Morning to All, a morning greeting for a kindergarten class, whose earliest known printing is in 1893, in Song Stories for the Kindergarten by the sisters Mildred and Patty Hill. The birthday words are traditional and were published in 1912. This arrangement is for 2 to 4 singers, with "dear friend" in place of a name: the alto sings mostly a third or sixth below, the tenor fills the chord, and the bass holds the low notes on "oo".

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Stackapella recording the alto part of Amazing Grace: each note is a bar with its name, and the one being sung says A little low, go up. Stackapella recording the alto part of Amazing Grace: each note is a bar with its name, and the one being sung says A little low, go up. Stackapella recording the alto part of Amazing Grace: each note is a bar with its name, and the one being sung says A little low, go up. Stackapella recording the alto part of Amazing Grace: each note is a bar with its name, and the one being sung says A little low, go up.
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  • Your notes light upEach note shows where you landed, and a hint when to go up or down.
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