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Big When I Was Little: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

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Left hand Pop heartbeatRight hand Ticking clockChords 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 Big When I Was Little without reading music. The left hand plays pop heartbeat (root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3)) and the right hand ticking clock.

Big When I Was Little accompaniment in letter notes

The F – G – Bb – F loop with pop heartbeat in the left hand and ticking clock in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
F
RF4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4
LF2 F2 F2
Bar 2
G
RG4 G4 G4 G4 G4 G4 G4 G4
LG2 G2 G2
Bar 3
Bb
RBb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 4
F
RF4 F4 F4 F4 E4 F4 G4 A4 Bb4 C5 D5 E5
LF2 F2 F2
Bar 5
F
RF4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4
LF2 F2 F2
Bar 6
G
RG4 G4 G4 G4 G4 G4 G4 G4
LG2 G2 G2
Bar 7
Bb
RBb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 8
F
RF4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4
LF2 F2 F2

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 Big When I Was Little

What are the letter notes for the Big When I Was Little 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 F – G – Bb – F, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Big When I Was Little?

The loop is F – G – Bb – F (I – II – IV – I) in F major, and the song ends on Bb – C – F.

What key is Big When I Was Little in?

F major, at about 88 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Big When I Was Little?

Pop heartbeat: root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Big When I Was Little easy to play on piano?

It is a medium 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.