SONG · INTERMEDIATE PUBLIC DOMAIN

The Star-Spangled Banner

John Stafford Smith · also known as Star-Spangled Banner, The Star Spangled Banner

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0:00 1:02 · ♩ = 92

THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER — MELODY + ACCOMPANIMENT Engraved with Verovio (verovio.org)

DIFFICULTY: Intermediate
BARS: 32
SECTIONS: 4
TEMPO: ♩ = 92
MELODY NOTES: 101
PARTS: Melody + chords

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Melody by John Stafford Smith (c. 1778); text by Francis Scott Key (1814). Public domain. Melody encoded from a Wikimedia Commons MIDI transcription of the anthem (the transcription file is CC BY-SA; the anthem melody it transcribes is public domain).

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