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Grace's Amazing Hands: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Dave Barnes

  • C minor
  • 2/2
  • 156 BPM
  • 2002
  • Easy
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Left hand Oom-pahThe right hand sings the tuneChords 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 Grace's Amazing Hands without reading music. The left hand plays oom-pah (bass + chords), and the right hand sings the tune.

Grace's Amazing Hands accompaniment in letter notes

The Cm – Gm – Fsus4 – Eb loop with oom-pah in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Cm
RC4+Eb4+G4
LC3 Eb3+G3 Eb3+G3
Bar 2
Gm
RG4+Bb4+D5
LG2 Bb2+D3 Bb2+D3
Bar 3
Fsus4
RF4+Bb4+C5
LF2 Bb2+C3 Bb2+C3
Bar 4
Eb
REb4+G4+Bb4 Bb6 G6 Eb6 Bb5 G5 Gb5 F5 Fb5
LEb2 G2+Bb2 G2+Bb2
Bar 5
Cm
RC4+Eb4+G4
LC3 Eb3+G3 Eb3+G3
Bar 6
Gm
RG4+Bb4+D5
LG2 Bb2+D3 Bb2+D3
Bar 7
Fsus4
RF4+Bb4+C5
LF2 Bb2+C3 Bb2+C3
Bar 8
Eb
REb4+G4+Bb4
LEb2 G2+Bb2 G2+Bb2

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 Grace's Amazing Hands

What are the letter notes for the Grace's Amazing Hands 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 – Gm – Fsus4 – Eb, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Grace's Amazing Hands?

The loop is Cm – Gm – Fsus4 – Eb (i – v – IVsus – bIII) in C minor, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Cm.

What key is Grace's Amazing Hands in?

C minor, at about 156 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in Grace's Amazing Hands?

Oom-pah: bass + chords, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Grace's Amazing Hands 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.