Swanee River (Old Folks at Home) 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: F major4/4♩=8024 bars
Choose bars to practice
Tap a bar number to select it. Drag across numbers to select every bar in between.
The backing is a chord accompaniment made by this site for each song, so there are no copyright issues. Playback sounds at the real pitch of the sax you pick above (alto, tenor, soprano or baritone).
About this song
A song the American composer Stephen Foster published in 1851; the original title is "Old Folks at Home". This score is W. L. Hayden's guitar arrangement, published in 1881.
Practice tips
Start at 60% speed and follow the order of the fingering pictures with your eyes.
The highest note is high B♭. From high D up, press the octave key with your left thumb too.
For bars with sixteenth notes, tap the bar number twice to loop just that part, and start slow.