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Eine Kleine Nachtmusik ("Serenade"), First Movement Excerpt: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

G major
4/4
132 BPM
Easy

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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 Eine Kleine Nachtmusik ("Serenade"), First Movement Excerpt without reading music. The left hand plays heartbeat octaves (rocking octaves) and the right hand steady chords.

The main tune of Eine Kleine Nachtmusik ("Serenade"), First Movement Excerpt 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.

Bar 1
Em7 → Bm7RB5 A5 A5 D6 C#6 B5 A5
LD3+F#3 D3+F#3 E3+G3 E3+G3 F#3+A3 F#3+A3 D3+F#3 D3+F#3

Bar 2
F#m7 → A7RB5 A5 A5 A5 A5 A5 A5
LA3+C#4+E4 C#4+E4 D4+F#4 D4+F#4 E4+G4 E4+G4 C#4+E4 C#4+E4

Bar 3
D → BRB5 A5 B4+F#5+B5 A5 G5 F#5
LD4+F#4 D3 F#3 D3 D#3 B2 C#3 D#3

Bar 4
Em7 → ARE5+G5 A4+E5+A5 G5 F#5 E5
LE3 G3 E3 D3 C#3 A2 B2 C#3

Eine Kleine Nachtmusik ("Serenade"), First Movement Excerpt accompaniment in letter notes

The Em7 – Bm7 – F#m7 – A7 – D – B – Em7 – A loop with heartbeat octaves in the left hand and steady chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Em7 → Bm7RG4+B4+E5 G4+B4+E5 D4+F#4+B4 D4+F#4+B4
LE2 E3 E2 E3 B2 B3 B2 B3

Bar 2
F#m7 → A7RA4+C#5+F#5 A4+C#5+F#5 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4
LF#2 F#3 F#2 F#3 A2 A3 A2 A3

Bar 3
D → BRF#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 D#4+F#4+B4 D#4+F#4+B4
LD2 D3 D2 D3 B2 B3 B2 B3

Bar 4
Em7 → ARG4+B4+E5 G4+B4+E5 A6 E6 C#6 A5 G#5 G5 F#5 F5
LE2 E3 E2 E3 A2 A3 A2 A3

Bar 5
Em7 → Bm7RG4+B4+E5 G4+B4+E5 D4+F#4+B4 D4+F#4+B4
LE2 E3 E2 E3 B2 B3 B2 B3

Bar 6
F#m7 → A7RA4+C#5+F#5 A4+C#5+F#5 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4
LF#2 F#3 F#2 F#3 A2 A3 A2 A3

Bar 7
D → BRF#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 D#4+F#4+B4 D#4+F#4+B4
LD2 D3 D2 D3 B2 B3 B2 B3

Bar 8
Em7 → ARG4+B4+E5 G4+B4+E5 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4
LE2 E3 E2 E3 A2 A3 A2 A3

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 Eine Kleine Nachtmusik ("Serenade"), First Movement Excerpt

What are the letter notes for the Eine Kleine Nachtmusik ("Serenade"), First Movement Excerpt 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 Em7 – Bm7 – F#m7 – A7 – D – B – Em7 – A, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Eine Kleine Nachtmusik ("Serenade"), First Movement Excerpt?

The loop is Em7 – Bm7 – F#m7 – A7 – D – B – Em7 – A (vi7 – iii7 – vii7 – II7 – V – III – vi7 – II) in G major, and the song ends on C – D – G.

What key is Eine Kleine Nachtmusik ("Serenade"), First Movement Excerpt in?

G major, at about 132 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Eine Kleine Nachtmusik ("Serenade"), First Movement Excerpt?

Heartbeat octaves: rocking octaves, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Eine Kleine Nachtmusik ("Serenade"), First Movement Excerpt easy to play on piano?

Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 8 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.

Can I hear the real melody of Eine Kleine Nachtmusik ("Serenade"), First Movement Excerpt?

Yes: "The part you know" plays the main tune of the song from a score, with both hands.

Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.