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Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney
- A minor
- 4/4
- 120 BPM
- 1967
- Easy
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 Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite without reading music. The left hand plays oom-pah-pah (waltz oom-pah-pah) and the right hand waltz bells.
Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite accompaniment in letter notes
The Am – F – E – Am loop with oom-pah-pah in the left hand and waltz bells in the right. 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 Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite
What are the letter notes for the Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite 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 Am – F – E – Am, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite?
The loop is Am – F – E – Am (i – bVI – V – i) in A minor, and the song ends on F – G – Am.
What key is Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite in?
A minor, at about 120 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite?
Oom-pah-pah: waltz oom-pah-pah, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite 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.