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Introduction
Do you want to play or sing patriotic songs? Are you looking for gift ideas for the musicians in your life? The following fun sheet music arrangements are good for vocals, guitar, and piano. Keep reading to learn the 10 best patriotic song sheet music gifts.
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10 Best Patriotic Songs | Sheet Music Gift Ideas: The Top 10 Popular Patriotic Songs
According to Google, these are the 10 best patriotic songs:
- America the Beautiful
- The Battle Cry of Freedom
- Hail to the Chief
- My Country, ‘Tis of Thee
- The Stars and Stripes Forever
- The Star-Spangled Banner
- The Washington Post
- Yankee Doodle
- Yankee Doodle Boy
- You’re A Grand Old Flag
You’ll find these songs scattered throughout the songbooks listed in this post.
I have a patriotic-songs list for each book but most of these songbooks contain more than just patriotic songs.
10 Best Patriotic Songs | Sheet Music Gift Ideas: Piano, Vocal, Guitar
- These Piano, Vocal, Guitar books have nice piano arrangements which make a good accompaniment for singers.
- Also, all the books have guitar chords, but that’s it for guitar notation. If you want more guitar-oriented sheet music (such as guitar tabs), see the guitar section. (The arrangements in the guitar section will also be useful for accompanying vocals.)
- The piano parts in the Piano, Vocal, Guitar arrangements are late intermediate level of difficulty. If you need easier piano arrangements, see the piano section.
- Click on the links to see sample pages of the sheet music (where available).
Top-Requested Patriotic Sheet Music
List of Patriotic Songs
- America (My Country ‘Tis of Thee)
- America the Beautiful
- Anchors Aweigh
- Battle Hymn of the Republic
- The Caissons Go Rolling Along
- Hail to the Chief
- The Marine’s Hymn
- Over There
- The Star-Spangled Banner
- The Stars and Stripes Forever
- The U.S. Air Force
- The Washington Post
- When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again
- The Yankee Doodle Boy
- You’re a Grand Old Flag
Patriotic Melodies
List of Patriotic Songs
- America (My Country ‘Tis of Thee)
- America the Beautiful
- Anchors Aweigh
- Army Air Corps Song (U.S. Air Force Theme)
- Battle Hymn of the Republic
- The Caissons Go Rolling Along
- Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean
- I’m a Yankee Doodle Dandy
- Marine’s Hymn
- Over There
- The Star-Spangled Banner
- When Johnny Comes Marching Home
- Yankee Doodle
- You’re a Grand Old Flag
America's All-Time Favorite Songs for God and Country
List of Patriotic Songs
- America
- America, The Beautiful
- Anchors Aweigh
- Battle Hymn of the Republic
- Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean
- Hail to the Chief
- Hail, Columbia
- Just Before the Battle, Mother
- The Air Force Hymn
- The American Flag
- The Army Hymn
- The Caissons Go Rolling Along
- The Marine’s Hymn
- The Navy Hymn
- The Stars and Stripes Forever
- The Star-Spangled Banner
- Tramp, Tramp, Tramp
- When Johnny Comes Marching Home
- Yankee Doodle
- Yankee Doodle Dandy
- You’re A Grand Old Flag
- You’re in the Army Now
10 Best Patriotic Songs | Sheet Music Gift Ideas: Guitar (Including Guitar Tabs)
- Each of these guitar songbooks does a little something different, so be sure to read each description and click on the links to see example pages (where available).
- The first two books in this section have lyrics, so they’re set up for playing and singing the songs or for accompanying vocals.
- The last two books have guitar tabs.
Thirty Famous Patriotic Songs for Guitar
This guitar book has melody, chords, and lyrics for each song. The melody is written on a standard notation staff with the chord symbols above the staff using common open chords. (It doesn’t have guitar tabs.) This book is intended for late elementary students and has easy and intermediate level songs.
List of Patriotic Songs
- My Country Tis of Thee
- America the Beautiful
- American Patrol
- Anchors Aweigh
- Battle Cry of Freedom
- The Battle Hymn of the Republic
- Bugle Calls
- Bunker Hill
- Cassions Go Rolling Along
- Chester
- Columbia, The Gem of the Ocean
- Hail, Columbia
- Hail to the Chief
- Liberty Song
- The Marine’s Hymn
- Over There
- Star Spangled Banner
- The Stars and Stripes Forever
- When Johnny Comes Marching Home
- Yankee Doodle
- Yankee Doodle Boy
- You’re a Grand Old Flag
Just for Fun - Patriotic Songs
This book has guitar tabs, chords, and lyrics. It features fun arrangements that can be done as a solo, duet, or trio. The easy part is the melody, which is appropriate for a beginning student. The optional rhythm part 1 (chord diagrams and rhythm slashes) can be done by a somewhat more advanced student. The optional rhythm part 2 is more challenging and will be taken by the teacher or an advanced student. It would also make a good chord solo (where one guitar plays both the chords and melody as a solo).
List of Patriotic Songs
- America (My Country ‘Tis of Thee)
- America the Beautiful
- Battle Hymn of the Republic
- Over There
- The Star-Spangled Banner
- When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again
- Yankee Doodle
- The Yankee Doodle Boy
- You’re a Grand Old Flag
The Huge Book of Really Easy Melodies
This guitar songbook features very easy melodic arrangements using guitar tabs. It also has chords above the staff with rhythm slash notation. However, it doesn’t have the lyrics. The book is intended for beginner guitarists.
List of Patriotic Songs
- America (My Country, ‘Tis of Thee)
- America the Beautiful
- Anchors Aweigh
- Battle Cry of Freedom
- Battle Hymn of the Republic
- The Caisson Song
- Columbia the Gem of the Ocean (Three Cheers for the Red, White, and Blue)
- Hail to the Chief
- Hail, Columbia
- Marine’s Hymn
- The Navy Hymn
- Over There
- The Star-Spangled Banner
- Tramp! Tramp! Tramp!
- Theme from the New World Symphony
- When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again
- Yankee Doodle
- Yankee Doodle Boy
- You’re a Grand Old Flag
10 Best Patriotic Songs | Sheet Music Gift Ideas: Piano
- The patriotic songs in this section are arranged by level of difficulty from beginner to late intermediate.
- Click on the links to see examples of the scores (where available).
First Songs of My Country
Primer piano means that this arrangement will be a good fit for a young pianist in his/her first year or two of piano lessons.
List of Patriotic Songs
- America
- America the Beautiful
- Anchors Aweigh
- The Caisson Song
- The Marine’s Hymn
- The Star-Spangled Banner
- Yankee Doodle
- You’re a Grand Old Flag
Patriotic American Songs
These elementary piano arrangements will be good for students in the second year of lessons.
List of Patriotic Songs
- America the Beautiful
- The Marines’ Hymn
- My Country ‘Tis of Thee
- The Star-Spangled Banner
- Yankee Doodle
Patriotic Songs for Piano
The arrangements in this music book will be good for students in the third or fourth year of lessons.
List of Patriotic Songs
- America
- America ’76 (Duet Melody)
- America the Beautiful
- American Patrol
- Anchors Aweigh
- The Battle Hymn of the Republic
- The Caisson Song
- The Marines’ Hymn
- Stars and Stripes Forever
- The Star-Spangled Banner
- When Johnny Comes Marching Home
- Yankee Doodle
- The Yankee Doodle Boy
- You’re a Grand Old Flag
Official Songs of the United States Armed Forces
These intermediate to late intermediate arrangements will work for students who’ve been studying piano for six to seven years.
List of Patriotic Songs
- Anchors Aweigh
- The Caissons Go Rolling Along
- The Marines’ Hymn (aka From the Halls of Montezuma)
- Semper Paratus (Always Ready)
- Songs of the Armed Forces (A Medley for Solo Piano)
- The U.S. Air Force (aka The Wild Blue Yonder)
Bonus Piano Score: Celebrate America – 4 Hands
A piano piece for 4 hands is an arrangement that is played by two pianists but can be played on one piano (as opposed to a piece for two pianos). Like the last song book, this book is late intermediate level.
List of Patriotic Songs
- America the Beautiful Medley
- American Patrol
- Battle Hymn of the Republic
- When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again
- You’re a Grand Old Flag
Final Thoughts
Takeaway points:
- These songbooks contain all the best patriotic songs.
- I have the patriotic songs listed for each book but most of the songbooks contain more than just patriotic songs.
- There are Vocal, Guitar, Piano arrangements, guitar tabs, and piano arrangements with multiple levels of difficulty.
- Click on the links to see example pages of the music (where available).
Have fun shopping!
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