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Busy Doing Nothing: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Richard M. Sherman
- C major
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- V7–I–V7–I loop
- 2018
- Medium
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 Busy Doing Nothing without reading music. The left hand plays mozart murmur (alberti bass 1-5-3-5) and the right hand bouncy bells.
Busy Doing Nothing accompaniment in letter notes
The G7 – C – G7 – C loop with mozart murmur in the left hand and bouncy 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 Busy Doing Nothing
What are the letter notes for the Busy Doing Nothing 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 – G7 – C, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Busy Doing Nothing?
The loop is G7 – C – G7 – C (V7 – I – V7 – I) in C major, and the song ends on D7 – G7 – C.
What key is Busy Doing Nothing in?
C major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Busy Doing Nothing?
Mozart murmur: alberti bass 1-5-3-5, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Busy Doing Nothing 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.