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Boots On: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Randy Houser

  • Eb major
  • 4/4
  • 120 BPM
  • 2008
  • Medium
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Left hand Engine 8thsRight hand Gospel-clap chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

Play the full song with sheet music

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 Boots On without reading music. The left hand plays engine 8ths (root bass · 8ths) and the right hand gospel-clap chords.

Boots On accompaniment in letter notes

The Eb7 – Cb – Db – Eb7 loop with engine 8ths in the left hand and gospel-clap chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Eb7
RG4+Db5+Eb5 G4+Db5+Eb5 Ab4+Db5+Eb5 G4+Db5+Eb5
LEb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2
Bar 2
Cb
REb4+Bb4+Cb4 Eb4+Bb4+Cb4 Fb4+Bbb4+Cb4 Eb4+Bbb4+Cb4
LCb2 Cb2 Cb2 Cb2 Cb2 Cb2 Cb2 Cb2
Bar 3
Db
RF4+C5+Db5 F4+C5+Db5 Gb4+Cb4+Db5 F4+Cb4+Db5
LDb3 Db3 Db3 Db3 Db3 Db3 Db3 Db3
Bar 4
Eb7
RG4+Db5+Eb5 G6 Eb6 Db6 Bb5 G5 Gb5 F5 Fb5
LEb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2
Bar 5
Eb7
RG4+Db5+Eb5 G4+Db5+Eb5 Ab4+Db5+Eb5 G4+Db5+Eb5
LEb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2
Bar 6
Cb
REb4+Bb4+Cb4 Eb4+Bb4+Cb4 Fb4+Bbb4+Cb4 Eb4+Bbb4+Cb4
LCb2 Cb2 Cb2 Cb2 Cb2 Cb2 Cb2 Cb2
Bar 7
Db
RF4+C5+Db5 F4+C5+Db5 Gb4+Cb4+Db5 F4+Cb4+Db5
LDb3 Db3 Db3 Db3 Db3 Db3 Db3 Db3
Bar 8
Eb7
RG4+Db5+Eb5 G4+Db5+Eb5 Ab4+Db5+Eb5 G4+Db5+Eb5
LEb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2

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 Boots On

What are the letter notes for the Boots On 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 Eb7 – Cb – Db – Eb7, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Boots On?

The loop is Eb7 – Cb – Db – Eb7 (I7 – bVI – bVII – I7) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Eb.

What key is Boots On in?

Eb major, at about 120 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Boots On?

Engine 8ths: root bass · 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Boots On 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.