Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
Calling Occupants: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by John Woloschuk & Terry Draper
- Ab major
- 4/4
- 80 BPM
- I–V–IV–I loop
- 1976
- Medium
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 Calling Occupants without reading music. The left hand plays ping-pong bounce (broken chord 8-5) and the right hand pumping chords.
Calling Occupants accompaniment in letter notes
The Ab – Eb – Db – Ab loop with ping-pong bounce in the left hand and pumping 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 Calling Occupants
What are the letter notes for the Calling Occupants 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 Ab – Eb – Db – Ab, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Calling Occupants?
The loop is Ab – Eb – Db – Ab (I – V – IV – I) in Ab major, and the song ends on Db – Eb – Ab.
What key is Calling Occupants in?
Ab major, at about 80 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Calling Occupants?
Ping-pong bounce: broken chord 8-5, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Calling Occupants 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.