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A Note From Grandma: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
- Bb major
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- I–V–vi–iii loop
- 2006
- Tricky
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 Note From Grandma without reading music. The left hand plays rocket sweep (wide arpeggio 1-5-8-8-12-15), and the right hand sings the tune.
A Note From Grandma accompaniment in letter notes
The Bb – F – Gm – Dm loop with rocket sweep in the left hand. 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 Note From Grandma
What are the letter notes for the A Note From Grandma 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 Bb – F – Gm – Dm, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in A Note From Grandma?
The loop is Bb – F – Gm – Dm (I – V – vi – iii) in Bb major, and the song ends on Bb – Ebm – Bb.
What key is A Note From Grandma in?
Bb major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in A Note From Grandma?
Rocket sweep: wide arpeggio 1-5-8-8-12-15, a tricky pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is A Note From Grandma easy to play on piano?
It is a tricky 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.