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Beautiful Birds: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

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  • B minor
  • 4/4
  • 90 BPM
  • 2016
  • Tricky
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Left hand Big sweepRight hand Steady chordsChords 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 Beautiful Birds without reading music. The left hand plays big sweep (wide arpeggio 8-12-15-1-5-8) and the right hand steady chords.

Beautiful Birds accompaniment in letter notes

The Bm – G – A – D loop with big sweep in the left hand and steady chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Bm
RD4+F#4+B4 D4+F#4+B4 D4+F#4+B4 D4+F#4+B4
LB3 F#4 B4 B2 F#3 B3
Bar 2
G
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5
LG3 D4 G4 G2 D3 G3
Bar 3
A
RC#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4
LA3 E4 A4 A2 E3 A3
Bar 4
D
RF#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 D6 A5 F#5 D5 A4 F#4 D4 A3
LD3 A3 D4 D2 A2 D3
Bar 5
Bm
RD4+F#4+B4 D4+F#4+B4 D4+F#4+B4 D4+F#4+B4
LB3 F#4 B4 B2 F#3 B3
Bar 6
G
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5
LG3 D4 G4 G2 D3 G3
Bar 7
A
RC#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4
LA3 E4 A4 A2 E3 A3
Bar 8
D
RF#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5
LD3 A3 D4 D2 A2 D3

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 Beautiful Birds

What are the letter notes for the Beautiful Birds 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 Bm – G – A – D, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Beautiful Birds?

The loop is Bm – G – A – D (i – bVI – bVII – bIII) in B minor, and the song ends on G – A – Bm.

What key is Beautiful Birds in?

B minor, at about 90 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Beautiful Birds?

Big sweep: wide arpeggio 8-12-15-1-5-8, a tricky pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Beautiful Birds easy to play on piano?

It is a tricky 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.