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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU - GUITAR

Time signature: 3/4 
Typical tempo:  80 bpm.
Probably Patty Hill and Mildred J. Hill, 1893
See historic link at bottom of page.

MelodicGuitar 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


KEY  OF  C  (higher pitch)

           "iv0    "iv0   |   .iv2     .iv0     .v1   |    :v0
          Hap -  py      birth - day     to         you,
​
           "iv0   "iv0   |    .iv2     .iv0    .v3   |    :v1
           Hap -  py       birth - day     to       you,


           "iv0   "iv0    |   .vi3      .vi0     .v1    |   .v0   .iv2~  
           Hap  - py       birth  - day   dear     [name],

            "vi1   "vi1   |  .vi0      .v1     .v3  |   :v1~
            Hap  - py      birth - day      to       you.



Key of C (lower pitch)

          "i3    "i3   |   .ii0     .i3     .ii3   |    :ii2
          Hap -  py      birth - day     to        you,
​
           "i3   "i3   |    .ii0     .i3    .iii0   |    :ii3
           Hap - py       birth - day     to       you,


           "i3    "i3    |   .iv0      .iii2    .ii3    |   .ii2   .ii0~  
           Hap  - py       birth  - day   dear     [name],

            "iii3    "iii3   |  .iii2     .ii3     .iii0  |   :ii3~
            Hap  - py      birth - day     to       you.


Key of C (lower pitch)

          "1-3   "1-3   |   .2-0     .1-3    .2-3   |    :2-2
          Hap  -  py       birth -  day      to         you,
​
           "1-3   "1-3   |    .2-0     .1-3    .3-0   |    :2-3
           Hap  -  py        birth -  day      to         you,


           "1-3   "1-3    |   .4-0     .3-2    .2-3    |   .2-2   .2-0~  
           Hap  -  py        birth  - day    dear       [name],

            "3-3    "3-3   |  .3-2     .2-3     .3-0  |   :2-3~
             Hap  -  py       birth - day       to        you.


KEY  OF  C  (higher pitch)

           "4-0   "4-0   |  .4-2     .4-0    .5-1   |   :5-0
          Hap -  py       birth - day     to         you,
​
           "4-0   "4-0   |    .4-2     .4-0    .5-3   |    :5-1
           Hap  -  py        birth -  day      to         you,


           "4-0   "4-0    |   .6-3      .6-0     .5-1    |   .5-0   .4-2~  
           Hap  -  py         birth  - day    dear       [name],

            "6-1   "6-1   |   .6-0     .5-1    .5-3  |   :5-1~
            Hap  -  py       birth -  day      to       you.




Embedded youTUBE  VIDEOS

Key: F

Tempo:  ~ 80 bpm.

Player(s) and Singers:  ? & ?

Posted by:  avistar11

Key:  C
​
Tempo:  ~80 bpm

Players:  ? & ?

Posted by Yuri Charyguine 2013-09-24

Interesting Castelfidardo advertising. 
Built by Giancarlo Francenella.

Key:  G

Tempo ~65 bpm.

Player:  ?

Posted by:  Senor Parrandas

Cross-playing on a Hohner Corona II.


Key:  C

Tempo:  ~75 bpm.

Player:  ?

Posted by:  videowensblog

Playing an app on an android smart phone.

Key:  G

Tempo:  ~80 bpm.

Player:  ? Oscar Cedano ?

Posted by:  Oscar Cedano

Played using treble button chords. 


Background:
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.

Copyright Info:
​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."