Happy Birthday & 5 Variations for Jane: Style, mixed.
 

My daughter in law chose the glockenspiel for her special variation, so I finished the piece. Being compassionate toward ;) oboists, I substituted a flute. All the instruments are in the Merlin Creative collection, which supposedly was put together with my sound card in mind. I tried it using MS Wavetable, and didn't like what happened to the loudness of some instruments, but I will put it on Soundclick before her birthday, which is Jul 31.

I would imagine there have been hundreds of variations done for this tune, but I've never heard any, so I had a bit of fun with the doing of it.

Re: Happy Birthday & 5 Variations for Jane: Style, mixed.
 

Howdy MG,

You obviously had fun with this, and it shows :) I'm sure that Jane will be very happy with her birthday presents - I say presents since there are so many styles in this one!

ttfn,
Sherry

Re: Happy Birthday & 5 Variations for Jane: Style, mixed.
 

Hi Sherry,

Yes, Jane likes it. But here's one of those things that belongs in the believe it or not category. "Happy Birthday," through written in the 1890s, is under copyright until 2030. I guess I'll have to put a disclaimer somewhere in the manuscript that commercial use is forbidden. Google it; it's an interesting story of how the copyright got continued, and involves some big names in the music industry.

best,
mgj

Re: Happy Birthday & 5 Variations for Jane: Style, mixed.
 

Since this is copyrighted, and can only be used for private occasions, anyone who wishes to join in Jane's birthday party, can get the mp3 at
http://senduit.com/51b2c3
It will be there until July 31.

best,
mgj