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A Street: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Charles Strouse

  • F# major
  • 6/8
  • 78 BPM
  • 2014
  • Medium
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Left hand Rowing-boat pulseRight hand Tug-of-war chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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 Street without reading music. The left hand plays rowing-boat pulse (root bass · 6/8 8ths) and the right hand tug-of-war chords.

A Street accompaniment in letter notes

The C# – D#m – G# – F# loop with rowing-boat pulse in the left hand and tug-of-war chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
C#
RE#4+G#4+C#5 E#4+G#4+C#5 E#4+G#4+C#5 E#4+G#4+C#5
LC#3 C#3 C#3 C#3 C#3 C#3
Bar 2
D#m
RF#4+A#4+D#5 F#4+A#4+D#5 F#4+A#4+D#5 F#4+A#4+D#5
LD#2 D#2 D#2 D#2 D#2 D#2
Bar 3
G#
RB#5+D#5+G#5 B#5+D#5+G#5 B#5+D#5+G#5 B#5+D#5+G#5
LG#2 G#2 G#2 G#2 G#2 G#2
Bar 4
F#
RA#4+C#5+F#5 A#4+C#5+F#5 F#4 A#4 C#5 F#5 A#5 C#6
LF#2 F#2 F#2 F#2 F#2 F#2
Bar 5
C#
RE#4+G#4+C#5 E#4+G#4+C#5 E#4+G#4+C#5 E#4+G#4+C#5
LC#3 C#3 C#3 C#3 C#3 C#3
Bar 6
D#m
RF#4+A#4+D#5 F#4+A#4+D#5 F#4+A#4+D#5 F#4+A#4+D#5
LD#2 D#2 D#2 D#2 D#2 D#2
Bar 7
G#
RB#5+D#5+G#5 B#5+D#5+G#5 B#5+D#5+G#5 B#5+D#5+G#5
LG#2 G#2 G#2 G#2 G#2 G#2
Bar 8
F#
RA#4+C#5+F#5 A#4+C#5+F#5 A#4+C#5+F#5 A#4+C#5+F#5
LF#2 F#2 F#2 F#2 F#2 F#2

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 Street

What are the letter notes for the A Street 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 C# – D#m – G# – F#, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in A Street?

The loop is C# – D#m – G# – F# (V – vi – II – I) in F# major, and the song ends on B – C# – F#.

What key is A Street in?

F# major, at about 78 beats a minute in 6/8.

What does the left hand play in A Street?

Rowing-boat pulse: root bass · 6/8 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is A Street 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.