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Friday: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Daniel Bedingfield

  • C minor
  • 4/4
  • 140 BPM
  • 2002
  • Medium
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Left hand Tick-tick-boom pulseRight hand Rocking thirdsChords 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 Friday without reading music. The left hand plays tick-tick-boom pulse (root bass · 8ths 1-2, 3-4) and the right hand rocking thirds.

Friday accompaniment in letter notes

The Cm – Fm – Ab – Bbsus4 loop with tick-tick-boom pulse in the left hand and rocking thirds in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Cm
REb4 G4 Eb4 G4 Eb4 G4 Eb4 G4
LC3 C3 C4 C3 C3 C4
Bar 2
Fm
RAb4 C5 Ab4 C5 Ab4 C5 Ab4 C5
LF2 F2 F3 F2 F2 F3
Bar 3
Ab
RC5 Eb5 C5 Eb5 C5 Eb5 C5 Eb5
LAb2 Ab2 Ab3 Ab2 Ab2 Ab3
Bar 4
Bbsus4
REb4 F4 Eb4 F4 D4 Eb4 F4 G4 Ab4 Bb4 C5 D5
LBb2 Bb2 Bb3 Bb2 Bb2 Bb3
Bar 5
Cm
REb4 G4 Eb4 G4 Eb4 G4 Eb4 G4
LC3 C3 C4 C3 C3 C4
Bar 6
Fm
RAb4 C5 Ab4 C5 Ab4 C5 Ab4 C5
LF2 F2 F3 F2 F2 F3
Bar 7
Ab
RC5 Eb5 C5 Eb5 C5 Eb5 C5 Eb5
LAb2 Ab2 Ab3 Ab2 Ab2 Ab3
Bar 8
Bbsus4
REb4 F4 Eb4 F4 Eb4 F4 Eb4 F4
LBb2 Bb2 Bb3 Bb2 Bb2 Bb3

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 Friday

What are the letter notes for the Friday 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 – Fm – Ab – Bbsus4, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Friday?

The loop is Cm – Fm – Ab – Bbsus4 (i – iv – bVI – bVIIsus) in C minor, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Cm.

What key is Friday in?

C minor, at about 140 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Friday?

Tick-tick-boom pulse: root bass · 8ths 1-2, 3-4, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Friday easy to play on piano?

It is a medium one: learn the 4 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.

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