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Baby: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Justin Bieber featuring Ludacris

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Left hand Yo-yo bounceThe right hand sings the tuneChords 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 Baby without reading music. The left hand plays yo-yo bounce (broken chord 8-5-8), and the right hand sings the tune.

Baby accompaniment in letter notes

The Eb7 – Ab7 – Eb7 – Bb7 loop with yo-yo bounce in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Eb7
REb4+G4+Bb4
LEb3 Bb2 Eb3
Bar 2
Ab7
RAb4+C5+Eb5
LAb3 Eb3 Ab3
Bar 3
Eb7
REb4+G4+Bb4
LEb3 Bb2 Eb3
Bar 4
Bb7
RBb3+D4+F4 F4 Ab4 Bb4 D5 F5 Ab5 Bb5 D6
LBb3 F3 Bb3
Bar 5
Eb7
REb4+G4+Bb4
LEb3 Bb2 Eb3
Bar 6
Ab7
RAb4+C5+Eb5
LAb3 Eb3 Ab3
Bar 7
Eb7
REb4+G4+Bb4
LEb3 Bb2 Eb3
Bar 8
Bb7
RBb3+D4+F4
LBb3 F3 Bb3

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

What are the letter notes for the Baby 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 Eb7 – Ab7 – Eb7 – Bb7, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Baby?

The loop is Eb7 – Ab7 – Eb7 – Bb7 (I7 – IV7 – I7 – V7) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Eb.

What key is Baby in?

Eb major, at about 120 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Baby?

Yo-yo bounce: broken chord 8-5-8, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Baby 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.