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Fractured Fairy Tales: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Frank Comstock
- Bb major
- 3/4
- 76 BPM
- 1959
- 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 Fractured Fairy Tales without reading music. The left hand plays oom-pah-pah (waltz oom-pah-pah), and the right hand sings the tune.
Fractured Fairy Tales accompaniment in letter notes
The Bb – F7 – Bb – Gm loop with oom-pah-pah in the left hand. 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.
Questions about Fractured Fairy Tales
What are the letter notes for the Fractured Fairy Tales 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 – Bb – Gm, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Fractured Fairy Tales?
The loop is Bb – F7 – Bb – Gm (I – V7 – I – vi) in Bb major, and the song ends on Eb – F – Bb.
What key is Fractured Fairy Tales in?
Bb major, at about 76 beats a minute in 3/4.
What does the left hand play in Fractured Fairy Tales?
Oom-pah-pah: waltz oom-pah-pah, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Fractured Fairy Tales 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.