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Goodbye Yellow Brick Road: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Elton John
- F major
- 4/4
- 88 BPM
- Tricky
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 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road without reading music. The left hand plays rainbow sweep (wide arpeggio 1-5-8-10-15) and the right hand late-knock chords.
The main tune of Goodbye Yellow Brick Road in letter notes
The real notes from a score, both hands, bar by bar. R is the right hand, L the left; C4 is middle C.
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road accompaniment in letter notes
The F – A7 – A – Bb – F – C loop with rainbow sweep in the left hand and late-knock 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 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
What are the letter notes for the Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 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 F – A7 – A – Bb – F – C, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Goodbye Yellow Brick Road?
The loop is F – A7 – A – Bb – F – C (I – III7 – III – IV – I – V) in F major, and the song ends on Bb – C – F.
What key is Goodbye Yellow Brick Road in?
F major, at about 88 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Goodbye Yellow Brick Road?
Rainbow sweep: wide arpeggio 1-5-8-10-15, a tricky pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Goodbye Yellow Brick Road easy to play on piano?
It is a tricky one: learn the 6 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.
Can I hear the real melody of Goodbye Yellow Brick Road?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the main tune of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from 4 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.