Flute notes for songs written between before 1960.
A traditional American folk tune, ‘Oh! Susanna’ is sung by children up and down the country, it’s considered one of the top Western-style songs of all time. It’s a bit trucker to play than it seems, but a great one to practice! Enjoy 🙂 Oh! Susanna – Traditional was last modified: August 24th, 2018 by […]
From the Rodgers and Hammerstein 1951 musical classic The King and I, the song “Getting to Know You” features near the beginning and is sung by Anna with the royal children she’s about to mentor. It’s a relatively simple tune, upbeat and mid-speed, so should be a great one for beginners to practice 🙂 Did […]
Sungs by Julie Andrews in the 1965 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical film The Sounds of Music, “My Favourite Things” is known and loved across the generations. The notes below are great for beginners and novices learning most instruments 🙂 My Favorite Things – The Sound of Music was last modified: July 5th, 2018 by nat
A well-known and loved classic Disney tune, ‘Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah’ was originally featured in th 1946 mixed live action and animation film, Song of the South. It’s a bouncy, fun tune to play – a great one for beginners, whatever instrument you’re playing 🙂 Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah – Song of the South (Disney) was last modified: June 24th, 2018 […]
I’ve never met anyone who doesn’t know this tune! A really fun, easy piece to learn that sounds much more impressive than the sum of it’s parts 🙂 I’ve written out the tune as per The Tokens version (the one i know best!) however if you’re playing the Disney version, you need to shift it […]
A decidedly political folk song, written and performed by Pete Seeger in 1955 and has been notably covered by The Kingston Trio, Olivia Newton-John, Dolly Parton and Earth, Wind and Fire, as well as being translated into 30+ different languages – it’s one known all over the world 🙂 Where Have All the Flowers Gone […]
First recorded in 1954 by Dean Martin, this popular ‘bolero-mambo’ first became known to me as in it’s Shaft form – the 90’s electro-pop remix is the version other’s will have grown up with too 🙂 It’s also been covered my Michael Buble and The Pussycat Dolls. It’s a really catchy, upbeat melody, a great […]
Written in the 30’s and first recorded by Louis Armstrong in the 50’s, “A Kiss to Build a Dream On” has also been notably performed by Rod Stewart, Bing Crosby and Richard Chamberlain as well at featured in films over the years. The letter notes are relatively easy and as a slower song, will be […]
“So Long, Farewell” is a song from Rodgers and Hammerstein’s 1959 classic musical film, “The Sound of Music”. The letter notes below are useful to beginners on most instruments – shift the key up or down as necessary 🙂 So Long, Farewell – The Sound of Music was last modified: February 25th, 2018 by nat
“Fever” is a well-known song, originally sung by Little Willie John in 1956 – Peggy Lee’s version was released in 1959. It’s since been covered by many popular artists including Beyonce, Elvis Presley, Madonna, Michael Bublé, Bette Midler and many others. Instantly recognisable and great fun to play – I hope you enjoy the music notes […]
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