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A Windmill In Old Amsterdam: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Ronnie Hilton

  • F major
  • 3/4
  • 160 BPM
  • 1964
  • Medium
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Left hand Moon River rollRight hand Twirling waltz 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 Windmill In Old Amsterdam without reading music. The left hand plays moon river roll (open arpeggio 1-5-10 (3/4)) and the right hand twirling waltz chords.

A Windmill In Old Amsterdam accompaniment in letter notes

The C7 – F – Bb – Eb loop with moon river roll in the left hand and twirling waltz chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
C7
RG4+C5 G4+C5 G4+C5 G4+C5
LC3 G3 E4
Bar 2
F
RC5+F5 C5+F5 C5+F5 C5+F5
LF2 C3 A3
Bar 3
Bb
RF4+Bb4 F4+Bb4 F4+Bb4 F4+Bb4
LBb2 F3 D4
Bar 4
Eb
RBb4+Eb5 G4 Bb4 Eb5 G5 Bb5 Eb6 G6 Bb6
LEb2 Bb2 G3
Bar 5
C7
RG4+C5 G4+C5 G4+C5 G4+C5
LC3 G3 E4
Bar 6
F
RC5+F5 C5+F5 C5+F5 C5+F5
LF2 C3 A3
Bar 7
Bb
RF4+Bb4 F4+Bb4 F4+Bb4 F4+Bb4
LBb2 F3 D4
Bar 8
Eb
RBb4+Eb5 Bb4+Eb5 Bb4+Eb5 Bb4+Eb5
LEb2 Bb2 G3

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 Windmill In Old Amsterdam

What are the letter notes for the A Windmill In Old Amsterdam 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 C7 – F – Bb – Eb, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in A Windmill In Old Amsterdam?

The loop is C7 – F – Bb – Eb (V7 – I – IV – bVII) in F major, and the song ends on Bb – C – F.

What key is A Windmill In Old Amsterdam in?

F major, at about 160 beats a minute in 3/4.

What does the left hand play in A Windmill In Old Amsterdam?

Moon River roll: open arpeggio 1-5-10 (3/4), a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is A Windmill In Old Amsterdam 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.