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Hot Cross Bunseasy piano letter notes for kids

Play “Hot Cross Buns” with letter notes and colored shapes, no sheet music needed. It uses 3 white keys and starts on E. Every key has its own shape and color, so little ones can follow along before they can read letters.

Opens the plinka plonk piano: tap the keys on screen, or play a real piano and Plonk listens.

Hot Cross Buns notes, line by line

Wide shapes are long notes: hold them a little longer. Small shapes are quick notes.

Just the letters

E D C– E D C–
C C C C D D D D E D C–

A dash (–) means hold the note longer.

The keys you need

• C · the circle (tomato)
• D · the triangle (tangerine)
• E · the square (butter)

How to play Hot Cross Buns on the piano

1. Find middle C: the white key just left of the two black keys, near the middle of the piano.
2. Put your thumb on E and rest one finger on each white key next to it.
3. Follow the shapes above one at a time, singing the words as you go.
4. Or open plinka plonk: Plonk the yeti lights up each key, helps when a note is wrong, and cheers at the end.

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