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Baby Doll: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Rob Thomas & Pat Green
- Ab major
- 4/4
- 110 BPM
- 2004
- Medium
Play the full song with sheet music
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 Baby Doll without reading music. The left hand plays hurrying footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 3& · 4 · 4&), and the right hand sings the tune.
Baby Doll accompaniment in letter notes
The Ab – Ebsus4 – Bbm – Ebsus4 loop with hurrying footsteps 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 Baby Doll
What are the letter notes for the Baby Doll 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 Ab – Ebsus4 – Bbm – Ebsus4, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Baby Doll?
The loop is Ab – Ebsus4 – Bbm – Ebsus4 (I5 – Vsus – ii – Vsus) in Ab major, and the song ends on Db – Eb – Ab.
What key is Baby Doll in?
Ab major, at about 110 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Baby Doll?
Hurrying footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 3& · 4 · 4&, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Baby Doll 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.