You can keep your left hand in its starting position for the whole piece. The left hand Happy Birthday notes in this arrangement are also very simple. It is only when you get to the first note of the second line “birth” that you need to stretch to place your 5th finger on the top C note. The right hand can remain in its starting position for all of the 1st line. The right hand notes follow the melody line. However, there is an upbeat as the melody starts on the last beat of the bar. The time signature is 3/4 so there are 3 quarter note (crotchet) beats in every bar. The choice of key is a really important thing to consider when learning to play any piece that people are going to sing along with – you don’t want to spend a long time learning a piece to find that it is far too high for anyone to be able to sing!! This is a good key to learn to play Happy Birthday in because the melody will be at a pitch range that most people (male and female) can sing. The key signature is in F major (one flat – B flat). I have kept the notes of the easy piano version as simple as possible. Hope you enjoy learning them! Happy Birthday Piano Easy Version I have also arranged a version of Happy Birthday for intermediate piano which is slightly more challenging. There is an easy piano sheet music version which you should be able to have a go at learning even if you are quite early on in your piano learning journey. I have put together 2 different arrangements. Happy Birthday is a great piece to learn to play on the piano because you can have lots of fun playing it at various different parties and leading people in singing it.

Free happy birthday to you sheet music