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Comme Des Enfants: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

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Left hand Cradle pulseRight hand Rowing-boat chordsChords 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 Comme Des Enfants without reading music. The left hand plays cradle pulse (root bass · 1 · 2 · 2.3 (6/8)) and the right hand rowing-boat chords.

Comme Des Enfants accompaniment in letter notes

The Eb – Bb – Eb – Bb loop with cradle pulse in the left hand and rowing-boat chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Eb
REb4+G4+Bb4 Eb4+G4+Bb4 Eb4+G4+Bb4 Eb4+G4+Bb4 Eb4+G4+Bb4 Eb4+G4+Bb4
LEb2 Eb3 Eb2
Bar 2
Bb
RBb3+D4+F4 Bb3+D4+F4 Bb3+D4+F4 Bb3+D4+F4 Bb3+D4+F4 Bb3+D4+F4
LBb2 Bb3 Bb2
Bar 3
Eb
REb4+G4+Bb4 Eb4+G4+Bb4 Eb4+G4+Bb4 Eb4+G4+Bb4 Eb4+G4+Bb4 Eb4+G4+Bb4
LEb2 Eb3 Eb2
Bar 4
Bb
RBb3+D4+F4 Bb3+D4+F4 Bb3+D4+F4 F4 Bb4 D5 F5 Bb5 D6
LBb2 Bb3 Bb2
Bar 5
Eb
REb4+G4+Bb4 Eb4+G4+Bb4 Eb4+G4+Bb4 Eb4+G4+Bb4 Eb4+G4+Bb4 Eb4+G4+Bb4
LEb2 Eb3 Eb2
Bar 6
Bb
RBb3+D4+F4 Bb3+D4+F4 Bb3+D4+F4 Bb3+D4+F4 Bb3+D4+F4 Bb3+D4+F4
LBb2 Bb3 Bb2
Bar 7
Eb
REb4+G4+Bb4 Eb4+G4+Bb4 Eb4+G4+Bb4 Eb4+G4+Bb4 Eb4+G4+Bb4 Eb4+G4+Bb4
LEb2 Eb3 Eb2
Bar 8
Bb
RBb3+D4+F4 Bb3+D4+F4 Bb3+D4+F4 Bb3+D4+F4 Bb3+D4+F4 Bb3+D4+F4
LBb2 Bb3 Bb2

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 Comme Des Enfants

What are the letter notes for the Comme Des Enfants 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 – Bb – Eb – Bb, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Comme Des Enfants?

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

What key is Comme Des Enfants in?

Bb major, at about 123 beats a minute in 6/8.

What does the left hand play in Comme Des Enfants?

Cradle pulse: root bass · 1 · 2 · 2.3 (6/8), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Comme Des Enfants 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.