God Save the Queen
America
… a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. (W.S.)
[From the collection “First Easy Tunes for Beginning Trumpet Players on TrumpetHeroes.com]
I grew up singing God Save the Queen at the start of every school day, so this seems like Queen Elizabeth II’s song. Tempus fugit. Try it in all three keys just for fun. The first one gets a little high but might be the one most often used for this tune. Watch out for the Ab’s in that third one. Three are slurs here and there that follow the Commonwealth lyrics. If you’re American you’ll likely want to get out a pencil and make it right for you.
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