Old MacDonald Had a Farm

About this piece

Old MacDonald Had a Farm is a children’s song about a farmer and his animals, with a new animal sound in every verse. The tune uses only a few notes close together, so it is one of the easiest songs to start on. What you can play here is the first 19 seconds (25 notes, about 1 a second); the whole arrangement lasts 0:37, about half of it. Expect a count in 4/4 and a tempo near 100 bpm. The full arrangement spans D4 to B4, less than an octave of the keyboard. In the preview the notes come almost one at a time, as a single line.

With one note at a time, Wait mode and note names are all you need to learn it.

Full song

0:37

Preview

the opening 19 s, 25 notes

Tempo

about 100 bpm

Time signature

4/4

Range (full song)

D4–B4 (less than an octave)

Notes (full song)

59