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Dr. Zaius: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By The Simpsons

  • Bb minor
  • 4/4
  • 92 BPM
  • 1996
  • Medium
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Left hand Tick-tick-boom pulseThe right hand sings the tuneChords 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 Dr. Zaius without reading music. The left hand plays tick-tick-boom pulse (root bass · 8ths 1-2, 3-4), and the right hand sings the tune.

Dr. Zaius accompaniment in letter notes

The Bbm – Eb – Gb – Ab loop with tick-tick-boom pulse in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Bbm
RBb3+Db4+F4
LBb2 Bb2 Bb3 Bb2 Bb2 Bb3
Bar 2
Eb
REb4+G4+Bb4
LEb2 Eb2 Eb3 Eb2 Eb2 Eb3
Bar 3
Gb
RGb4+Bb4+Db5
LGb2 Gb2 Gb3 Gb2 Gb2 Gb3
Bar 4
Ab
RAb4+C5+Eb5 Eb4 F4 Gb4 Ab4 Bb4 C5 Db5 Eb5
LAb2 Ab2 Ab3 Ab2 Ab2 Ab3
Bar 5
Bbm
RBb3+Db4+F4
LBb2 Bb2 Bb3 Bb2 Bb2 Bb3
Bar 6
Eb
REb4+G4+Bb4
LEb2 Eb2 Eb3 Eb2 Eb2 Eb3
Bar 7
Gb
RGb4+Bb4+Db5
LGb2 Gb2 Gb3 Gb2 Gb2 Gb3
Bar 8
Ab
RAb4+C5+Eb5
LAb2 Ab2 Ab3 Ab2 Ab2 Ab3

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 Dr. Zaius

What are the letter notes for the Dr. Zaius 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 Bbm – Eb – Gb – Ab, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Dr. Zaius?

The loop is Bbm – Eb – Gb – Ab (i – IV – bVI – bVII) in Bb minor, and the song ends on Gb – Ab – Bbm.

What key is Dr. Zaius in?

Bb minor, at about 92 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Dr. Zaius?

Tick-tick-boom pulse: root bass · 8ths 1-2, 3-4, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Dr. Zaius 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.