Happy Birthday – How to Play on the Glockenspiel / Xylophone

How to play Happy Birthday on the Xylophone / Glockenspiel.

“Happy Birthday” is a song that is traditionally sung to celebrate the anniversary of a person’s birth, and one of the most popular party songs. According to the 1998 Guinness World Records, this is the most recognized tune in the English language.

On this page you can find a glockenspiel tutorial video, sheet music with a glockenspiel chart that will help you find the notes on the musical instrument and a printable PDF for free download.

If you want to watch and sing this song, click here to listen to the Dance Version, the Reggae Version, the Tango Version, the Jazz Version, and many more.

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Happy Birthday Glockenspiel / Xylophone Tutorial Videos

in C

in F

in G

Happy Birthday Glockenspiel / Xylophone Sheet Music and Note Charts

The melody of Happy Birthday is moderately difficult and it consists of 8 notes, as you can see on the chart following the notes of the song.

Watch the video a couple of times and study each part at your own pace until you get the hang of it. Remember to use both mallets as much as you can – not only the one that is more convenient for you (e.g. the right one if you’re right-handed) as this an important basic technique.

To save this any of the following free glockenspiel music sheets of “Happy Birthday” to your computer, right click (or tap and hold, on mobile devices) and choose “Save Image As…”. Alternatively, you can download the PDF file below.

Happy Birthday for Glockenspiel / Xylophone in C

In the G key we use 8 natural notes, (see the chart below) to play the song on the glockenspiel.

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Happy Birthday glockenspiel sheet music color notes chart in C

Happy Birthday for Glockenspiel / Xylophone in F

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Happy Birthday glockenspiel sheet music color notes chart in F

Happy Birthday for Glockenspiel / Xylophone in G

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Happy Birthday glockenspiel sheet music color notes chart in G

Free Printable Happy Birthday PDF with Glockenspiel / Xylophone Music Sheet with Note Chart

Happy Birthday printable PDF file with sheet music for glockenspiel / xylophone in C

Happy Birthday printable PDF file with sheet music for glockenspiel / xylophone in F

Happy Birthday printable PDF file with sheet music for glockenspiel / xylophone in G

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