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And Your Bird Can Sing: piano accompaniment sheet music

By The Beatles

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And Your Bird Can Sing written out as piano music: the I – ii – V7 – I loop in E major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays bouncing alberti (alberti bass 1-8-5-8) and the right hand wait-a-beat chords.

And Your Bird Can Sing chord chart

The loop once round, bar by bar, in E major. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.

BarChordNumeralNotes
1EIE G# B
2F#miiF# A C#
3B7V7B D# F# A
4EIE G# B

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: bouncing alberti (alberti bass 1-8-5-8) in the left hand and wait-a-beat chords in the right, over the E – F#m – B7 – E 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 And Your Bird Can Sing

Does the sheet music for And Your Bird Can Sing 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 And Your Bird Can Sing?

The loop is E – F#m – B7 – E (I – ii – V7 – I) in E major, and the song ends on A – B – E.

What key is And Your Bird Can Sing in?

E major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in And Your Bird Can Sing?

Bouncing Alberti: alberti bass 1-8-5-8, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is And Your Bird Can Sing 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.