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Advice from a Caterpillar: piano accompaniment sheet music
Written by Frank Wildhorn
- D minor
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- 2011
- Medium
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Advice from a Caterpillar written out as piano music: the i – bVI7 – i – bVI7 loop in D minor for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays tick-tick-boom pulse (root bass · 8ths 1-2, 3-4) and the right hand swing push.
Advice from a Caterpillar chord chart
The loop once round, bar by bar, in D minor. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.
| Bar | Chord | Numeral | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dm | i | D F A |
| 2 | Bb7 | VI7 | Bb D F Ab |
| 3 | Dm | i | D F A |
| 4 | Bb7 | VI7 | Bb D F Ab |
What the sheet music shows
The grand staff: the right hand on the treble staff, the left hand on the bass staff, with the chord names above and a finger number on each note (1 is the thumb). It is the accompaniment: tick-tick-boom pulse (root bass · 8ths 1-2, 3-4) in the left hand and swing push in the right, over the Dm – Bb7 – Dm – Bb7 chords.
Press play and a cursor follows the music. Above it, Colours paints each note in its key’s colour and Note names writes its letter on its head.
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Questions about Advice from a Caterpillar
Does the sheet music for Advice from a Caterpillar have finger numbers?
Yes: every note of both hands has its finger number, 1 being the thumb. To read the notes alone, turn Fingers off above the music.
What chords are in Advice from a Caterpillar?
The loop is Dm – Bb7 – Dm – Bb7 (i – bVI7 – i – bVI7) in D minor, and the song ends on Bb – C – Dm.
What key is Advice from a Caterpillar in?
D minor, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Advice from a Caterpillar?
Tick-tick-boom pulse: root bass · 8ths 1-2, 3-4, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Advice from a Caterpillar 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.