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A String Of Pearls: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Eddie DeLange
- Eb major
- 4/4
- 130 BPM
- I–I7–I–I7 loop
- 1941
- Easy
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 String Of Pearls without reading music. The left hand plays little steps (broken chord 1-3-5-3) and the right hand pop stabs.
A String Of Pearls accompaniment in letter notes
The Eb – Eb7 – Eb – Eb7 loop with little steps in the left hand and pop stabs 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 String Of Pearls
What are the letter notes for the A String Of Pearls 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 Eb – Eb7 – Eb – Eb7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in A String Of Pearls?
The loop is Eb – Eb7 – Eb – Eb7 (I – I7 – I – I7) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Eb.
What key is A String Of Pearls in?
Eb major, at about 130 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in A String Of Pearls?
Little steps: broken chord 1-3-5-3, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is A String Of Pearls easy to play on piano?
Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 4 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.
Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.