"Happy Birthday": Key of G

(banjo music)…- There's a tune beloved by millions.…I wish I'd written it and was collecting royalties.…I'd be very happy.…Anyway, "Happy Birthday."…I've had a number of requests for "Happy Birthday"…and I will be doing two versions:…this is the version in G.…

Pretty straight ahead, Scruggsy, rolley sort of a thing.…So, it's just very straight ahead.…♫ Happy birth-…You're playing the syllables.…Two forward rolls, quarter.…Now you're playing the bottom part of a D chord…with the index on the second fret of the third string…and the ring on the fourth fret of the fourth string.…Kind of a quarter note…and then a forward turning into a backward roll.…Then going to the fifth string for the next measure.…

Another "Happy Birth-…Day...…To...…Quarter notes with eighth notes.…Back to G.…And three forward rolls.…One, two, three.…Back to the third string.…♫ Happy Birth-…Now, I'm doing a pinch on the first two strings,…third fret of the second with a middle finger,…open first.…Two forward rolls, so a quarter note,…two forward rolls,…