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Blue Moon: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
- Eb major
- 2/2
- 120 BPM
- 1934
- Tricky
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 Blue Moon without reading music. The left hand plays rocket sweep (wide arpeggio 1-5-8-8-12-15) and the right hand double-clap chords.
The main tune of Blue Moon in letter notes
The real notes from a score, both hands, bar by bar. R is the right hand, L the left; C4 is middle C.
Blue Moon accompaniment in letter notes
The Eb – Cm7 – Fm – Bb7 – Eb – Cm – Fm – Bb7 loop with rocket sweep in the left hand and double-clap chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.
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 Blue Moon
What are the letter notes for the Blue Moon 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 Eb – Cm7 – Fm – Bb7 – Eb – Cm – Fm – Bb7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Blue Moon?
The loop is Eb – Cm7 – Fm – Bb7 – Eb – Cm – Fm – Bb7 (I – vi7 – ii – V7 – I – vi – ii – V7) in Eb major, and the song ends on Eb – Ab – Eb.
What key is Blue Moon in?
Eb major, at about 120 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in Blue Moon?
Rocket sweep: wide arpeggio 1-5-8-8-12-15, a tricky pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Blue Moon easy to play on piano?
It is a tricky one: learn the 8 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.
Can I hear the real melody of Blue Moon?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the main tune of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.