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And So It Goes: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Billy Joel
- C major
- 3/4
- 75 BPM
- 1983
- 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 And So It Goes without reading music. The left hand plays boom-chick-boom (boom-chick (3/4)), and the right hand sings the tune.
And So It Goes accompaniment in letter notes
The C – F – Asus4 – Am loop with boom-chick-boom 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 And So It Goes
What are the letter notes for the And So It Goes 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 – F – Asus4 – Am, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in And So It Goes?
The loop is C – F – Asus4 – Am (I – IV – VIsus – vi) in C major, and the song ends on C – F – C.
What key is And So It Goes in?
C major, at about 75 beats a minute in 3/4.
What does the left hand play in And So It Goes?
Boom-chick-boom: boom-chick (3/4), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is And So It Goes 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 5 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.