Happy Birthday
Ukulele Tab: Learn To Play Happy Birthday To You
An ukulele can be used to play chords when you sing, but you can also play melodies. It's fun and very easy to learn melodies on your uke with ukulele tab. Let us learn to play Happy Birthday To You!
As many people know "Happy Birthday to You" is a song that is sung to a person born to celebrate. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, "Happy Birthday to You" is the most popular song in English.
Here is the most common texts. "Peter" is replaced by the name of the person celebrating.
Happy birthday to you, Happy birthday to you, Happy birthday dear "Peter" Happy birthday to you.
I use my own form of ukulele tab for articles like this to make sure that the tabs are readable on article sites. The most common ukulele tab staff notation can be found on my site with ukulele tab and free sheet music.
The string with the highest pitch is usually an A and called the first string. The first string is the string nearest your feet when you play your uke.
The first notes in the song on the third string.
The first number indicates the fret. The second number after the slash tells you which string to play. Here is the first line of lyrics and ukulele tab:
Happy birthday to you,
0 / 3 0 / 3 2 / 3 0 / 3 1 / 2 0 / 2
0 / 3 indicates that the third string, play with your thumb of the right example, not down pressing each finger left hand. It is called to play on the open third string.
This type of ukulele tab does not indicate the length of the notes. I think you told the first two notes are short and the last note long.
Let's play the following line:
Happy birthday to you,
0 / 3 0 / 3 2 / 3 0 / 3 3 / 2 1 / 2
3 / 2 means that you press a finger left on the third fret of the second string. I have not told you anything about the left finger to press down the frets on your ukulele.
Use your first finger for all notes, but a more professional approach is to play the notes on the first fret with your index finger, the notes on the second fret with your long finger and the notes on your third fret with your ring finger.
Maybe it's hard at first, but with practice it will be easier for you to find the right notes. You do not look at your fingers to find the right fret if you get used to this way of playing.
The next line is now:
Happy birthday dear "Peter",
0 / 3 0 / 3 3 / 1 0 / 1 1 / 2 0 / 2 2 / 3
You know what the ukulele tab above tells you now.
The last line here:
Happy birthday to you.
1 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 1 1 / 2 3 / 2 1 / 2
Now you can play Happy Birthday To You on your ukulele and you're ready for the next birthday!
Actually, you can play this melody with the use of the aforementioned ukulele tab notation on a guitar also. The first three strings in the same way, but not the same pitch.
The ukulele tab notation that I used is good for finding the notes, but I recommend you learn the melody by heart so you can play it anytime, anywhere!
About the Author
Peter Edvinsson is a musician, composer and music teacher. Visit his site Capotasto Music and download your
free sheet music
and ukulele tab at
http://www.capotastomusic.com
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