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Bless The Beasts And Children: piano accompaniment sheet music
By Carpenters
- Ab major
- 4/4
- 80 BPM
- Medium
Bless The Beasts And Children written out as piano music: the I – V – v – VI7 loop in Ab major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays bossa sway (root bass · bossa (1 · 2& · 3 · 4&)) and the right hand double-skip chords.
Bless The Beasts And Children chord chart
The loop once round, bar by bar, in Ab major. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.
| Bar | Chord | Numeral | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ab | I | Ab C Eb |
| 2 | Eb | V | Eb G Bb |
| 3 | Ebm | v | Eb Gb Bb |
| 4 | F7 | VI7 | F A C Eb |
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: bossa sway (root bass · bossa (1 · 2& · 3 · 4&)) in the left hand and double-skip chords in the right, over the Ab – Eb – Ebm – F7 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.
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Questions about Bless The Beasts And Children
Does the sheet music for Bless The Beasts And Children 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 Bless The Beasts And Children?
The loop is Ab – Eb – Ebm – F7 (I – V – v – VI7) in Ab major, and the song ends on Db – Eb – Ab.
What key is Bless The Beasts And Children in?
Ab major, at about 80 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Bless The Beasts And Children?
Bossa sway: root bass · bossa (1 · 2& · 3 · 4&), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Bless The Beasts And Children 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.