How do you play Mary Had a Little Lamb on the piano?

Mary Had a Little Lamb piano notes

Mary Had a Little Lamb uses four white keys: C, D, E and G. The first line is E D C D E E E, D D D, E G G. Rest your right thumb on middle C and put one finger on each white key up to G, and the whole song fits under your hand.

Play it on the virtual piano

The notes, line by line

Each line shows the letters to play, then each key with its octave: C4 is middle C. The box under a key is the computer key that plays it on the virtual piano.

Mary had a little lamb, little lamb, little lamb
E D C D E E E D D D E G G
E4ED4WC4QD4WE4EE4EE4ED4WD4WD4WE4EG4TG4T
Mary had a little lamb, its fleece was white as snow
E D C D E E E E D D E D C
E4ED4WC4QD4WE4EE4EE4EE4ED4WD4WE4ED4WC4Q

How to play it

Put your right thumb on middle C and one finger on each white key up to G: C D E F G are fingers 1 to 5.
Play E D C D E E E with fingers 3 2 1 2 3 3 3.
For the two "little lamb" parts, play D D D with finger 2, then E G G with fingers 3 5 5.
The second line starts the same way and ends on C, with your thumb.

Fingers have numbers: 1 is the thumb, 2 the index finger, 3 the middle finger, 4 the ring finger and 5 the little finger. In the virtual piano, press Listen to hear the rhythm first, and pick a slower speed while you learn.

মূল তথ্য

লেভেল	সহজ
Notes in the melody	26
Keys	4: C4 D4 E4 G4
Black keys	কিছুই না
Lowest and highest note	C4 – G4
First note	E4
Melody by	Traditional

The notes in do re mi

In fixed do, C is always Do, as in Spanish, French and Italian.

Mi Re Do Re Mi Mi Mi Re Re Re Mi Sol Sol
Mi Re Do Re Mi Mi Mi Mi Re Re Mi Re Do

About the song

Sarah Josepha Hale wrote the poem. A Boston publisher printed it on May 24, 1830.

In 1877, Thomas Edison recited it into his new phonograph: it was the first sound that he recorded. Lowell Mason set the poem to music in the 1830s, but the tune that children sing today is a different one.

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What are the notes of Mary Had a Little Lamb on the piano?

E D C D E E E, D D D, E G G for the first line, and E D C D E E E E, D D E D C for the second. They are all white keys around middle C.

Can a young child play Mary Had a Little Lamb?

Yes. It is a common first song for children: the hand never moves, and the notes are close together. Play it with one finger first, then with the five fingers.