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Traditional American spiritual, published 1896. Public domain.

8 bars Β· one octave of C major Β· The rainbow xylophone from the toy box β€” eight big bars, one for each note of the scale.

Tap a bar, or drag across them for a glissando. On a keyboard the letters on the bars are the ones to press β€” they run up the bars from the lowest note.

XylophoneFree Β· printable Β· plays in your browser

When the Saints Go Marching In β€” Xylophone Letter Notes

When the Saints Go Marching In, written out for the xylophone as letter notes, phrase by phrase and set up above on the Toy Β· 8 bars. Press Play to hear it, Practice to learn it one note at a time β€” the xylophone waits for you β€” or Play along to keep time with it.

  • Notes33, 5 pitches
  • RangeC4–G4
  • Key hereC major
  • Tempo124 bpm Β· about 28 s
  • LevelEasy

Can a xylophone play When the Saints Go Marching In?

Yes β€” every size on this page plays it. The check is made note by note against what each one can actually sound. Where the tune does not fit as the library writes it, another key or octave is tried, and the table says which; where nothing fits, it names the notes that are missing.

  • Toy Β· 8 barsβœ“ Plays as writtenIn C major, C4–G4 Β· loaded above
  • Concert Β· 3Β½ octavesβœ“ Plays as writtenIn C major, C4–G4 Β· load it

When the Saints Go Marching In: xylophone letter notes

The large line is the note printed on the bar; the small line under it is its number in the scale. A dash holds the note another beat, an underline is half a beat, and a dot beside a note makes it half as long again. Each line is one phrase.

β–Ά Play it above

When the Saints Go Marching In β€” xylophone letter notes (Toy Β· 8 bars) Β· tonalics.com

The 5 notes it uses

Lowest to highest, with how many times each is played. Learn these 5 and you can play the whole tune.

  • C1Γ—8
  • D2Γ—3
  • E3Γ—10
  • F4Γ—5
  • G5Γ—7

What to expect on a xylophone

  • It runs from C4 to G4, a fifth, using 5 different notes. Its lowest note is the lowest this instrument has, and 5 semitones of range are left above it.
  • 63% of its moves are a step or a repeated note. The widest is a fifth, G4 to C4, at note 5.
  • It uses only the front row β€” no sharps or flats in this key.

About the tune

An American spiritual of uncertain authorship, in print by the 1890s. In New Orleans it was played slowly on the way to a funeral and fast on the way back, and after Louis Armstrong recorded it in 1938 it became one of the best-known tunes in jazz.

Traditional American spiritual, published 1896. Public domain. More about When the Saints Go Marching In β†’

When the Saints Go Marching In on other instruments

The same melody, in each instrument’s own notation. It is not offered for the guzheng, which does not have the notes.

More songs for the xylophone

All 36 xylophone songs Β· Christmas songs for xylophone Β· The online xylophone on its own

Playing it on a real xylophone?

If it sounds wrong, check the instrument before the notes. The marimba tuner listens through your microphone and names what each note is actually sounding.

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