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Bugle Call Rag: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Jack Pettis, Billy Meyers & others
- Bb major
- 2/2
- 160 BPM
- 1923
- Easy
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 Bugle Call Rag without reading music. The left hand plays lazy footsteps (root bass · 1 · 3 · 4) and the right hand hopscotch bells.
Bugle Call Rag accompaniment in letter notes
The F7 – Bb – Eb7 – Bb loop with lazy footsteps in the left hand and hopscotch bells 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 Bugle Call Rag
What are the letter notes for the Bugle Call Rag 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 F7 – Bb – Eb7 – Bb, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Bugle Call Rag?
The loop is F7 – Bb – Eb7 – Bb (V7 – I – IV7 – I) in Bb major, and the song ends on Eb – F – Bb.
What key is Bugle Call Rag in?
Bb major, at about 160 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in Bugle Call Rag?
Lazy footsteps: root bass · 1 · 3 · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Bugle Call Rag 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.