Hot Cross Buns on the kazoo: tabs
Hot Cross Buns is a very easy song on the kazoo: 34 notes over 8 bars in 4/4 at 100 BPM, about 19 seconds. It uses 3 different keys. It fits the keys as it is, with no transposing.
Hot Cross Buns kazoo tab in letters
| E4 D4 C4 - | E4 D4 C4 - | | C4C4 C4C4 D4D4 D4D4 | E4 D4 C4 - | | E4 D4 C4 - | E4 D4 C4 - | | C4C4 C4C4 D4D4 D4D4 | E4 D4 C4 - |
What to watch for
- The most played key is D4, used for 14 of the 34 notes. The tune goes from C4 up to E4.
- The widest jump is from C4 to E4 (4 semitones): slow down there the first times.
- A note is played again straight after itself 14 times: keep the beat steady rather than rushing the repeats.
How to read this tab
A vertical bar is a bar line. A dash keeps the last note ringing, an r is a silent beat, and notes in brackets are played together. It shows the melody part. The kazoo page explains the notes in more detail.