Sheep May Safely Graze saxophone fingering

Practice score with a fingering picture under every note. Press play and the current note shows large at the top. Tap two bar numbers (start → end) to loop that section, or ▶ to start from a bar.

Sax part: C major4/4♩=7240 bars

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About this song

A soprano aria from Bach's "Hunting Cantata" (BWV 208, 1713). FingerNola uses the vocal line.

Practice tips

Notes in this song

G1 2 3
A1 2
B♭1 + B♭ key
B1
C2
C#All open
DOct + 1 2 3 · 4 5 6
D#Oct + 1 2 3 · 4 5 6 + Right pinky E♭
EOct + 1 2 3 · 4 5
FOct + 1 2 3 · 4
F#Oct + 1 2 3 · 5
↑GOct + 1 2 3
↑G#Oct + 1 2 3 + G# key (pinky)
↑AOct + 1 2
↑B♭Oct + 1 + B♭ key

Score source and license

Composer
J. S. Bach (1685–1750)
Score
Mutopia Project #1794 · Schafe können sicher weiden BWV 208 (typeset by Jeremy Visser)
License
Public domain
What we changed
We took only the vocal line. Transposed for saxophone (alto part). FingerNola fingering pictures and accompaniment are added to every note.

Checked 2026-10-21

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