Piano chords · Old-time stride
Carolina In The Morning (arr. Phillip Keveren): easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Gus Kahn
- C major
- 4/4
- 116 BPM
- 1999
- 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 Carolina In The Morning (arr. Phillip Keveren) without reading music. The left hand plays boom-chick (boom-chick) and the right hand twinkle.
Carolina In The Morning (arr. Phillip Keveren) accompaniment in letter notes
The C – C#dim – G7 – Dm loop with boom-chick in the left hand and twinkle 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 Carolina In The Morning (arr. Phillip Keveren)
What are the letter notes for the Carolina In The Morning (arr. Phillip Keveren) 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 C – C#dim – G7 – Dm, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Carolina In The Morning (arr. Phillip Keveren)?
The loop is C – C#dim – G7 – Dm (I – biio – V7 – ii) in C major, and the song ends on D7 – G7 – C.
What key is Carolina In The Morning (arr. Phillip Keveren) in?
C major, at about 116 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Carolina In The Morning (arr. Phillip Keveren)?
Boom-chick: boom-chick, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Carolina In The Morning (arr. Phillip Keveren) 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.