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Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Queen
- Eb major
- 4/4
- 98 BPM
- 1976
- 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 Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy without reading music. The left hand plays lazy footsteps (root bass · 1 · 3 · 4) and the right hand soft chords.
Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy accompaniment in letter notes
The Fm – Abm – Bb7 – Eb loop with lazy footsteps in the left hand and soft chords in the right. 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.
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Questions about Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy
What are the letter notes for the Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy 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 Fm – Abm – Bb7 – Eb, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy?
The loop is Fm – Abm – Bb7 – Eb (ii – iv – V7 – I) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Eb.
What key is Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy in?
Eb major, at about 98 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy?
Lazy footsteps: root bass · 1 · 3 · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy 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.