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Blame It On My Youth: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Karrin Allyson

  • Ab major
  • 4/4
  • 100 BPM
  • Medium
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Left hand Power fifthsThe right hand sings the tuneChords the loop the song repeats most

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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 Blame It On My Youth without reading music. The left hand plays power fifths (lh power fifths), and the right hand sings the tune.

Blame It On My Youth accompaniment in letter notes

The Bbm – F7 – Bbm – Eb7 loop with power fifths in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Bbm
RBb3+Db4+F4
LBb3+F4 Bb3+F4 Bb2+F3 Bb2+F3
Bar 2
F7
RF4+A4+C5
LF3+C4 F3+C4 F2+C3 F2+C3
Bar 3
Bbm
RBb3+Db4+F4
LBb3+F4 Bb3+F4 Bb2+F3 Bb2+F3
Bar 4
Eb7
REb4+G4+Bb4 G6 Eb6 Db6 Bb5 A5 Ab5 G5 Gb5
LEb3+Bb3 Eb3+Bb3 Eb2+Bb2 Eb2+Bb2
Bar 5
Bbm
RBb3+Db4+F4
LBb3+F4 Bb3+F4 Bb2+F3 Bb2+F3
Bar 6
F7
RF4+A4+C5
LF3+C4 F3+C4 F2+C3 F2+C3
Bar 7
Bbm
RBb3+Db4+F4
LBb3+F4 Bb3+F4 Bb2+F3 Bb2+F3
Bar 8
Eb7
REb4+G4+Bb4
LEb3+Bb3 Eb3+Bb3 Eb2+Bb2 Eb2+Bb2

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 Blame It On My Youth

What are the letter notes for the Blame It On My Youth 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 Bbm – F7 – Bbm – Eb7, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Blame It On My Youth?

The loop is Bbm – F7 – Bbm – Eb7 (ii – VI7 – ii – V7) in Ab major, and the song ends on Db – Eb – Ab.

What key is Blame It On My Youth in?

Ab major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Blame It On My Youth?

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

Is Blame It On My Youth 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.