Super Simple Chords

Piano chords · Old-time stride

Bingo: piano accompaniment sheet music

By Traditional

Tuning the piano…
Learn it
Learn it
Style

Left hand Toy-soldier marchRight hand Marching chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

Play the full song with sheet music

Bingo written out as piano music: the I – IV – V – I loop in G major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays toy-soldier march (lh triads (2/4)) and the right hand marching chords.

Bingo chord chart

The loop once round, bar by bar, in G major. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.

BarChordNumeralNotes
1GIG B D
2CIVC E G
3DVD F# A
4GIG B D

What the sheet music shows

The grand staff: the right hand on the treble staff, the left hand on the bass staff, with the chord names above and a finger number on each note (1 is the thumb). It is the accompaniment: toy-soldier march (lh triads (2/4)) in the left hand and marching chords in the right, over the G – C – D – G chords.

Press play and a cursor follows the music. Above it, Colours paints each note in its key’s colour and Note names writes its letter on its head.

Play next

Questions about Bingo

Does the sheet music for Bingo have finger numbers?

Yes: every note of both hands has its finger number, 1 being the thumb. To read the notes alone, turn Fingers off above the music.

What chords are in Bingo?

The loop is G – C – D – G (I – IV – V – I) in G major, and the song ends on G – C – G.

What key is Bingo in?

G major, at about 110 beats a minute in 2/4.

What does the left hand play in Bingo?

Toy-soldier march: lh triads (2/4), a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Bingo 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.