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Broadway Baby: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Stephen Sondheim

  • C major
  • 4/4
  • 100 BPM
  • 1971
  • Easy
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Left hand Pop heartbeatThe right hand sings the tuneChords the loop the song repeats most

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 Broadway Baby without reading music. The left hand plays pop heartbeat (root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3)), and the right hand sings the tune.

Broadway Baby accompaniment in letter notes

The G7 – C – Ab7 – Db7 loop with pop heartbeat in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
G7
RG4+B4+D5
LG2 G2 G2
Bar 2
C
RC4+E4+G4
LC3 C3 C3
Bar 3
Ab7
RAb4+C5+Eb5
LAb2 Ab2 Ab2
Bar 4
Db7
RDb4+F4+Ab4 Fb4 F4 G4 Bbb4 Cb4 C5 Ebb5 Fb5
LDb3 Db3 Db3
Bar 5
G7
RG4+B4+D5
LG2 G2 G2
Bar 6
C
RC4+E4+G4
LC3 C3 C3
Bar 7
Ab7
RAb4+C5+Eb5
LAb2 Ab2 Ab2
Bar 8
Db7
RDb4+F4+Ab4
LDb3 Db3 Db3

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 Broadway Baby

What are the letter notes for the Broadway Baby 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 G7 – C – Ab7 – Db7, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Broadway Baby?

The loop is G7 – C – Ab7 – Db7 (V7 – I – bVI7 – bII7) in C major, and the song ends on D7 – G7 – C.

What key is Broadway Baby in?

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

What does the left hand play in Broadway Baby?

Pop heartbeat: root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Broadway Baby easy to play on piano?

Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 4 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.

Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.