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Feather On The Clyde: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

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Left hand Walking rootsRight hand Soft chordsChords 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 Feather On The Clyde without reading music. The left hand plays walking roots (root bass · quarters) and the right hand soft chords.

Feather On The Clyde accompaniment in letter notes

The Cm – Eb – Ab – Eb loop with walking roots in the left hand and soft chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Cm
RG4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5
LC3 C3 C4 C4
Bar 2
Eb
RBb4+Eb5+G5 Bb4+Eb5+G5 Bb4+Eb5+G5
LEb2 Eb2 Eb3 Eb3
Bar 3
Ab
REb5+Ab5+C6 Eb5+Ab5+C6 Eb5+Ab5+C6
LAb2 Ab2 Ab3 Ab3
Bar 4
Eb
RBb4+Eb5+G5 D4 Eb4 F4 G4 Ab4 Bb4 C5 D5
LEb2 Eb2 Eb3 Eb3
Bar 5
Cm
RG4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5
LC3 C3 C4 C4
Bar 6
Eb
RBb4+Eb5+G5 Bb4+Eb5+G5 Bb4+Eb5+G5
LEb2 Eb2 Eb3 Eb3
Bar 7
Ab
REb5+Ab5+C6 Eb5+Ab5+C6 Eb5+Ab5+C6
LAb2 Ab2 Ab3 Ab3
Bar 8
Eb
RBb4+Eb5+G5 Bb4+Eb5+G5 Bb4+Eb5+G5
LEb2 Eb2 Eb3 Eb3

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 Feather On The Clyde

What are the letter notes for the Feather On The Clyde 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 Cm – Eb – Ab – Eb, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Feather On The Clyde?

The loop is Cm – Eb – Ab – Eb (vi – I – IV – I) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Eb.

What key is Feather On The Clyde in?

Eb major, at about 112 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Feather On The Clyde?

Walking roots: root bass · quarters, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Feather On The Clyde 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.