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Do Your Ears Hang Low?: piano accompaniment sheet music

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Do Your Ears Hang Low? written out as piano music: the I – V7 – I – V7 loop in G major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays pausing footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 3), and the right hand sings the tune.

Do Your Ears Hang Low? chord chart

The loop once round, bar by bar, in G major. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.

BarChordNumeralNotes
1GIG B D
2D7V7D F# A C
3GIG B D
4D7V7D F# A C

What the sheet music shows

The grand staff: the right hand on the treble staff, the left hand on the bass staff, with the chord names above and a finger number on each note (1 is the thumb). It is the accompaniment: pausing footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 3) in the left hand, with the right hand free for the melody, over the G – D7 – G – D7 chords.

Press play and a cursor follows the music. Above it, Colours paints each note in its key’s colour and Note names writes its letter on its head.

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Questions about Do Your Ears Hang Low?

Does the sheet music for Do Your Ears Hang Low? have finger numbers?

Yes: every note of both hands has its finger number, 1 being the thumb. To read the notes alone, turn Fingers off above the music.

What chords are in Do Your Ears Hang Low??

The loop is G – D7 – G – D7 (I – V7 – I – V7) in G major, and the song ends on G – D7 – G.

What key is Do Your Ears Hang Low? in?

G major, at about 144 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Do Your Ears Hang Low??

Pausing footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Do Your Ears Hang Low? 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.