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Be Our Guest: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Alan Menken

  • D major
  • 4/4
  • 100 BPM
  • 1991
  • Easy
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Left hand Push and landRight hand Hopscotch bellsChords from the chord symbols in the score

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 Be Our Guest without reading music. The left hand plays push and land (root bass · 1 · 2& · 3 · 4) and the right hand hopscotch bells.

The catchy part of Be Our Guest in letter notes

The real notes from a score, both hands, bar by bar. R is the right hand, L the left; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Em
RB4 A4 G#4 A4
LE2+E3 E2 D#3 E3
Bar 2
E#dim
RB4 G##4 G#4 G##4
LE#2+E#3 E#2
Bar 3
F#m7 → F7
RE4+B4 A4 Eb4+B4 Db5
LF#2+F#3 F3+A3
Bar 4
Em7 → A7
RD4+B4 A4 C#4+F#4 A4
LE3+G3 A2+G3

Be Our Guest accompaniment in letter notes

The Em – E#dim – F#m7 – F7 – Em7 – A7 loop with push and land in the left hand and hopscotch bells in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Em
RE5 G4+B4 G4+B4
LE2 E2 E2 E2
Bar 2
E#dim
RE#5 G#4+B4 G#4+B4
LE#2 E#2 E#2 E#2
Bar 3
F#m7 → F7
RF#5 A4+C#5 A4+C5
LF#2 F#2 F2 F2
Bar 4
Em7 → A7
RE5 G4+B4 D4 E4 F#4 G4 A4 B4 C#5 D5
LE2 E2 A2 A2
Bar 5
Em
RE5 G4+B4 G4+B4
LE2 E2 E2 E2
Bar 6
E#dim
RE#5 G#4+B4 G#4+B4
LE#2 E#2 E#2 E#2
Bar 7
F#m7 → F7
RF#5 A4+C#5 A4+C5
LF#2 F#2 F2 F2
Bar 8
Em7 → A7
RE5 G4+B4 C#4+E4
LE2 E2 A2 A2

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 Be Our Guest

What are the letter notes for the Be Our Guest 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 Em – E#dim – F#m7 – F7 – Em7 – A7, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Be Our Guest?

The loop is Em – E#dim – F#m7 – F7 – Em7 – A7 (ii – biii° – iii7 – bIII7 – ii7 – V7) in D major, and the song ends on G – A – D.

What key is Be Our Guest in?

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

What does the left hand play in Be Our Guest?

Push and land: root bass · 1 · 2& · 3 · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Be Our Guest easy to play on piano?

Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 6 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.

Can I hear the real melody of Be Our Guest?

Yes: "The part you know" plays the catchy part of the song from a score, with both hands.

Made from 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.