Piano chords · Blues & boogie
Butterfly Fly Away: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Miley Cyrus
- Bb major
- 2/2
- 136 BPM
- 2009
- 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 Butterfly Fly Away without reading music. The left hand plays seesaw bass (root–fifth 1-5-1-5) and the right hand pausing chords.
Butterfly Fly Away accompaniment in letter notes
The Ebsus4 – Bb – Cm – Bb loop with seesaw bass in the left hand and pausing 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 Butterfly Fly Away
What are the letter notes for the Butterfly Fly Away 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 Ebsus4 – Bb – Cm – Bb, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Butterfly Fly Away?
The loop is Ebsus4 – Bb – Cm – Bb (IVsus – I – ii – I) in Bb major, and the song ends on Eb – F – Bb.
What key is Butterfly Fly Away in?
Bb major, at about 136 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in Butterfly Fly Away?
Seesaw bass: root–fifth 1-5-1-5, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Butterfly Fly Away 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.