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A Cover Is Not The Book (from Mary Poppins Returns): easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda & Company
- Db major
- 4/4
- 106 BPM
- I–ii–V7–I loop
- 2018
- Medium
Play the full song with sheet music
The accompaniment with every note named, bar by bar: the bar sheet shows each note as a bar on the staff with its letter inside, so you can accompany A Cover Is Not The Book (from Mary Poppins Returns) without reading music. The left hand plays hammock heartbeat (root bass · 6/8 lilt) and the right hand hammock chords.
A Cover Is Not The Book (from Mary Poppins Returns) accompaniment in letter notes
The Db – Ebm – Ab7 – Db loop with hammock heartbeat in the left hand and hammock chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.
How to read the bar sheet
The player above shows the treble staff (right hand) over the bass staff (left hand). Every note is a bar as long as it sounds, at its place on the staff, with its name inside, and the music scrolls past a line that marks now. The chord names run along the top.
Start with the left hand alone at a slow speed, then the right, then both. When the letters feel easy, try the sheet music.
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Questions about A Cover Is Not The Book (from Mary Poppins Returns)
What are the letter notes for the A Cover Is Not The Book (from Mary Poppins Returns) piano accompaniment?
Bar by bar, both hands: the bar sheet on this page names every note of the accompaniment (C4 is middle C) and plays along. The loop is Db – Ebm – Ab7 – Db, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in A Cover Is Not The Book (from Mary Poppins Returns)?
The loop is Db – Ebm – Ab7 – Db (I – ii – V7 – I) in Db major, and the song ends on Gb – Ab – Db.
What key is A Cover Is Not The Book (from Mary Poppins Returns) in?
Db major, at about 106 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in A Cover Is Not The Book (from Mary Poppins Returns)?
Hammock heartbeat: root bass · 6/8 lilt, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is A Cover Is Not The Book (from Mary Poppins Returns) easy to play on piano?
It is a medium one: learn the 4 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.
Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.