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Easter Parade: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
- Bb major
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- 1933
- Easy
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 Easter Parade without reading music. The left hand plays lazy footsteps (root bass · 1 · 3 · 4) and the right hand hopscotch bells.
The intro of Easter Parade in letter notes
The real notes from a score, both hands, bar by bar. R is the right hand, L the left; C4 is middle C.
Easter Parade accompaniment in letter notes
The Bb – F7 – Bb7 – Eb – Eb – Cm7 – C#dim loop with lazy footsteps in the left hand and hopscotch 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 Easter Parade
What are the letter notes for the Easter Parade 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 Bb – F7 – Bb7 – Eb – Eb – Cm7 – C#dim, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Easter Parade?
The loop is Bb – F7 – Bb7 – Eb – Eb – Cm7 – C#dim (I – V7 – I7 – IV – ii7 – biii° – I) in Bb major, and the song ends on Cm – F7 – Bb.
What key is Easter Parade in?
Bb major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Easter Parade?
Lazy footsteps: root bass · 1 · 3 · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Easter Parade easy to play on piano?
Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 7 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.
Can I hear the real melody of Easter Parade?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the intro of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from 3 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.