Piano chords · Old-time stride
Do-Re-Mi: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Richard Rodgers
- C major
- 2/4
- 120 BPM
- V7–I–V7–I loop
- 1959
- Medium
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 Do-Re-Mi without reading music. The left hand plays brass-band march (lh power fifths (2/4)) and the right hand sleigh bells.
Do-Re-Mi accompaniment in letter notes
The G7 – C – G7 – C loop with brass-band march in the left hand and sleigh bells 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 Do-Re-Mi
What are the letter notes for the Do-Re-Mi 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 G7 – C – G7 – C, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Do-Re-Mi?
The loop is G7 – C – G7 – C (V7 – I – V7 – I) in C major, and the song ends on Dm – G7 – C.
What key is Do-Re-Mi in?
C major, at about 120 beats a minute in 2/4.
What does the left hand play in Do-Re-Mi?
Brass-band march: lh power fifths (2/4), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Do-Re-Mi 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 3 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.