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Good Directions: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Billy Currington

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Left hand Take-off climbRight hand Hopscotch bellsChords 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 Good Directions without reading music. The left hand plays take-off climb (broken chord 1-1-3-5) and the right hand hopscotch bells.

Good Directions accompaniment in letter notes

The Bb – C – Bb – C loop with take-off climb in the left hand and hopscotch bells in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Bb
RBb4 D4+F4 D4+F4
LBb2 Bb2 D3 F3
Bar 2
C
RC5 E4+G4 E4+G4
LC3 C3 E3 G3
Bar 3
Bb
RBb4 D4+F4 D4+F4
LBb2 Bb2 D3 F3
Bar 4
C
RC5 E4+G4 E4 G4 C5 E5 G5 C6 E6 G6
LC3 C3 E3 G3
Bar 5
Bb
RBb4 D4+F4 D4+F4
LBb2 Bb2 D3 F3
Bar 6
C
RC5 E4+G4 E4+G4
LC3 C3 E3 G3
Bar 7
Bb
RBb4 D4+F4 D4+F4
LBb2 Bb2 D3 F3
Bar 8
C
RC5 E4+G4 E4+G4
LC3 C3 E3 G3

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 Good Directions

What are the letter notes for the Good Directions 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 – C – Bb – C, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Good Directions?

The loop is Bb – C – Bb – C (IV – V – IV – V) in F major, and the song ends on Bb – C – F.

What key is Good Directions in?

F major, at about 120 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Good Directions?

Take-off climb: broken chord 1-1-3-5, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Good Directions 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.