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Baby What A Big Surprise: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Peter Cetera
- C major
- 4/4
- 80 BPM
- 1977
- 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 Baby What A Big Surprise without reading music. The left hand plays walking roots (root bass · quarters), and the right hand sings the tune.
Baby What A Big Surprise accompaniment in letter notes
The C – Dm – C7 – F loop with walking roots 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 What A Big Surprise
What are the letter notes for the Baby What A Big Surprise 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 – Dm – C7 – F, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Baby What A Big Surprise?
The loop is C – Dm – C7 – F (I – ii – I7 – IV) in C major, and the song ends on Bb – F – C.
What key is Baby What A Big Surprise in?
C major, at about 80 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Baby What A Big Surprise?
Walking roots: root bass · quarters, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Baby What A Big Surprise 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.