Happy Birthday - on the guitar
Maybe the first time you drag out your new guitar in the classroom is to play Happy Birthday to one of your lovely students ... or maybe to a colleague in the staff room. So, practise first!
Key and Pitch
The 'key' that you play the song in will determine the pitch of the song as a whole, as well as the chord shapes you need to learn.
When you strum your first chord, there are six notes playing - so how do you know which one to start singing the song with?
In the file below, it points out which string to pluck to get your starting note.
If you remember the 3 chord trick, you can choose to play this song in 'C' or 'G'.
The files that follow can be opened in Scribd (click on 'fullscreen') or downloaded from the link below.
When you strum your first chord, there are six notes playing - so how do you know which one to start singing the song with?
In the file below, it points out which string to pluck to get your starting note.
If you remember the 3 chord trick, you can choose to play this song in 'C' or 'G'.
The files that follow can be opened in Scribd (click on 'fullscreen') or downloaded from the link below.
| happy_birthday_learn_guitar.pdf |
Maybe this does not present a comfortable pitch for you to sing at. You might like to try instead the key of 'G'.
| happy_birthday_learn_guitar_2.pdf |
The Next Page
The next page gives you some other simple songs to start with as you practise playing your guitar ...
