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Count Every Star: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Sonny Stitt
- G major
- 4/4
- 80 BPM
- I–vi–ii–V7 loop
- 1950
- Tricky
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 Count Every Star without reading music. The left hand plays big sweep (wide arpeggio 8-12-15-1-5-8) and the right hand pausing chords.
Count Every Star accompaniment in letter notes
The G – Em – Am – D7 loop with big sweep in the left hand and pausing 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 Count Every Star
What are the letter notes for the Count Every Star 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 G – Em – Am – D7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Count Every Star?
The loop is G – Em – Am – D7 (I – vi – ii – V7) in G major, and the song ends on Am – D7 – G.
What key is Count Every Star in?
G major, at about 80 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Count Every Star?
Big sweep: wide arpeggio 8-12-15-1-5-8, a tricky pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Count Every Star easy to play on piano?
It is a tricky 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.