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Frieda (With The Naturally Curly Hair): easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Vince Guaraldi

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Left hand Jazz walkThe right hand sings the tuneChords the loop the song repeats most

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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 Frieda (With The Naturally Curly Hair) without reading music. The left hand plays jazz walk (walking bass), and the right hand sings the tune.

Frieda (With The Naturally Curly Hair) accompaniment in letter notes

The D7 – Gm – C7 – F loop with jazz walk in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
D7
RD4+F#4+A4
LD2 E2 F2 F#2
Bar 2
Gm
RG4+Bb4+D5
LG2 A2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 3
C7
RC4+E4+G4
LC3 D3 Eb3 E3
Bar 4
F
RF4+A4+C5 Ab4 A4 C5 D5 C5 A4 Ab4 F4
LF2 G2 Ab2 A2
Bar 5
D7
RD4+F#4+A4
LD2 E2 F2 F#2
Bar 6
Gm
RG4+Bb4+D5
LG2 A2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 7
C7
RC4+E4+G4
LC3 D3 Eb3 E3
Bar 8
F
RF4+A4+C5
LF2 G2 Ab2 A2

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 Frieda (With The Naturally Curly Hair)

What are the letter notes for the Frieda (With The Naturally Curly Hair) 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 D7 – Gm – C7 – F, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Frieda (With The Naturally Curly Hair)?

The loop is D7 – Gm – C7 – F (VI7 – ii – V7 – I) in F major, and the song ends on Bb – C – F.

What key is Frieda (With The Naturally Curly Hair) in?

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

What does the left hand play in Frieda (With The Naturally Curly Hair)?

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

Is Frieda (With The Naturally Curly Hair) 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.