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Flying Home: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Benny Goodman

  • Eb major
  • 4/4
  • 100 BPM
  • 1940
  • Easy
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Left hand Jazz walkRight hand Steady 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 Flying Home without reading music. The left hand plays jazz walk (walking bass) and the right hand steady chords.

Flying Home accompaniment in letter notes

The Eb – Eb7 – Ab – Bbsus4 loop with jazz walk in the left hand and steady chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Eb
RG4+Bb4+Db5+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Db5+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Db5+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Db5+Eb5
LEb2 F2 Gb2 G2
Bar 2
Eb7
RG4+Bb4+Db5+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Db5+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Db5+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Db5+Eb5
LEb2 F2 Gb2 G2
Bar 3
Ab
RC5+Eb5+Gb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Gb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Gb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Gb5+Ab5
LAb2 Bb2 Cb2 C3
Bar 4
Bbsus4
REb4+F4+Bb4 Eb4+F4+Bb4 Db5 D5 F5 G5 F5 D5 Db5 Bb4
LBb2 C3 Db3 Eb3
Bar 5
Eb
RG4+Bb4+Db5+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Db5+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Db5+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Db5+Eb5
LEb2 F2 Gb2 G2
Bar 6
Eb7
RG4+Bb4+Db5+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Db5+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Db5+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Db5+Eb5
LEb2 F2 Gb2 G2
Bar 7
Ab
RC5+Eb5+Gb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Gb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Gb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Gb5+Ab5
LAb2 Bb2 Cb2 C3
Bar 8
Bbsus4
REb4+F4+Bb4 Eb4+F4+Bb4 Eb4+F4+Bb4 Eb4+F4+Bb4
LBb2 C3 Db3 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 Flying Home

What are the letter notes for the Flying Home 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 Eb – Eb7 – Ab – Bbsus4, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Flying Home?

The loop is Eb – Eb7 – Ab – Bbsus4 (I – I7 – IV – Vsus) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Eb.

What key is Flying Home in?

Eb major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Flying Home?

Jazz walk: walking bass, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Flying Home 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 3 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.