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Close As Pages In A Book: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Sigmund Romberg

  • Eb major
  • 4/4
  • 110 BPM
  • 1945
  • Easy
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Left hand Trampoline bounceRight hand Hopscotch bellsChords the loop the song repeats most

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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 Close As Pages In A Book without reading music. The left hand plays trampoline bounce (broken chord 8-12-5-12) and the right hand hopscotch bells.

Close As Pages In A Book accompaniment in letter notes

The Eb – Cb7 – Bb7 – Eb loop with trampoline bounce in the left hand and hopscotch bells in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Eb
REb5 G4+Bb4 G4+Bb4
LEb3 Bb3 Bb2 Bb3
Bar 2
Cb7
RCb4 Eb4+Gb4 Eb4+Gb4
LCb3 Gb4 Gb3 Gb4
Bar 3
Bb7
RBb4 D4+F4 D4+F4
LBb3 F4 F3 F4
Bar 4
Eb
REb5 G4+Bb4 G4 Bb4 Eb5 G5 Bb5 Eb6 G6 Bb6
LEb3 Bb3 Bb2 Bb3
Bar 5
Eb
REb5 G4+Bb4 G4+Bb4
LEb3 Bb3 Bb2 Bb3
Bar 6
Cb7
RCb4 Eb4+Gb4 Eb4+Gb4
LCb3 Gb4 Gb3 Gb4
Bar 7
Bb7
RBb4 D4+F4 D4+F4
LBb3 F4 F3 F4
Bar 8
Eb
REb5 G4+Bb4 G4+Bb4
LEb3 Bb3 Bb2 Bb3

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 Close As Pages In A Book

What are the letter notes for the Close As Pages In A Book 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 – Cb7 – Bb7 – Eb, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Close As Pages In A Book?

The loop is Eb – Cb7 – Bb7 – Eb (I – bVI7 – V7 – I) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Eb.

What key is Close As Pages In A Book in?

Eb major, at about 110 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Close As Pages In A Book?

Trampoline bounce: broken chord 8-12-5-12, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Close As Pages In A Book 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.