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Bill: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Audra McDonald

  • Bb major
  • 2/2
  • 100 BPM
  • Medium
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Left hand Power fifthsThe right hand sings the tuneChords 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 Bill without reading music. The left hand plays power fifths (lh power fifths), and the right hand sings the tune.

Bill accompaniment in letter notes

The F7 – Bb – Fsus4 – F7 loop with power fifths in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
F7
RF4+A4+C5
LF3+C4 F3+C4 F2+C3 F2+C3
Bar 2
Bb
RBb3+D4+F4
LBb3+F4 Bb3+F4 Bb2+F3 Bb2+F3
Bar 3
Fsus4
RF4+Bb4+C5
LF3+C4 F3+C4 F2+C3 F2+C3
Bar 4
F7
RF4+A4+C5 F6 Eb6 C6 A5 G5 Gb5 F5 E5
LF3+C4 F3+C4 F2+C3 F2+C3
Bar 5
F7
RF4+A4+C5
LF3+C4 F3+C4 F2+C3 F2+C3
Bar 6
Bb
RBb3+D4+F4
LBb3+F4 Bb3+F4 Bb2+F3 Bb2+F3
Bar 7
Fsus4
RF4+Bb4+C5
LF3+C4 F3+C4 F2+C3 F2+C3
Bar 8
F7
RF4+A4+C5
LF3+C4 F3+C4 F2+C3 F2+C3

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 Bill

What are the letter notes for the Bill 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 F7 – Bb – Fsus4 – F7, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Bill?

The loop is F7 – Bb – Fsus4 – F7 (V7 – I – Vsus – V7) in Bb major, and the song ends on Bb – Ebm – Bb.

What key is Bill in?

Bb major, at about 100 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in Bill?

Power fifths: lh power fifths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Bill 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.