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Cherry Cherry Coupe: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Brian Wilson & Roger Christian

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Left hand Hopscotch stepsThe right hand sings the tuneChords the loop the song repeats most

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 Cherry Cherry Coupe without reading music. The left hand plays hopscotch steps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 4), and the right hand sings the tune.

Cherry Cherry Coupe accompaniment in letter notes

The Eb – Cm – Eb – Cm loop with hopscotch steps in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Eb
REb4+G4+Bb4
LEb2 Eb3 Eb3
Bar 2
Cm
RC4+Eb4+G4
LC3 C4 C4
Bar 3
Eb
REb4+G4+Bb4
LEb2 Eb3 Eb3
Bar 4
Cm
RC4+Eb4+G4 D4 Eb4 F4 G4 Ab4 Bb4 C5 D5
LC3 C4 C4
Bar 5
Eb
REb4+G4+Bb4
LEb2 Eb3 Eb3
Bar 6
Cm
RC4+Eb4+G4
LC3 C4 C4
Bar 7
Eb
REb4+G4+Bb4
LEb2 Eb3 Eb3
Bar 8
Cm
RC4+Eb4+G4
LC3 C4 C4

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 Cherry Cherry Coupe

What are the letter notes for the Cherry Cherry Coupe 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 Eb – Cm – Eb – Cm, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Cherry Cherry Coupe?

The loop is Eb – Cm – Eb – Cm (I – vi – I – vi) in Eb major, and the song ends on Bbsus4 – Bb – Eb.

What key is Cherry Cherry Coupe in?

Eb major, at about 120 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Cherry Cherry Coupe?

Hopscotch steps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Cherry Cherry Coupe 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.