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Green Grass And High Tides: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Hugh Thomasson Jr.

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Left hand Tick-tick-boom pulseRight hand Somersault chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

Play the full song with sheet music

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 Green Grass And High Tides without reading music. The left hand plays tick-tick-boom pulse (root bass · 8ths 1-2, 3-4) and the right hand somersault chords.

Green Grass And High Tides accompaniment in letter notes

The Em – C – G – D loop with tick-tick-boom pulse in the left hand and somersault chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Em
RB4+E5+G5 B4+E5+G5 B4+E5+G5 B4+E5+G5 B4+E5+G5 B4+E5+G5
LE2 E2 E3 E2 E2 E3
Bar 2
C
RG4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5
LC3 C3 C4 C3 C3 C4
Bar 3
G
RD5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5
LG2 G2 G3 G2 G2 G3
Bar 4
D
RA4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 D4 E4 F#4 G4 A4 B4 C5 D5
LD2 D2 D3 D2 D2 D3
Bar 5
Em
RB4+E5+G5 B4+E5+G5 B4+E5+G5 B4+E5+G5 B4+E5+G5 B4+E5+G5
LE2 E2 E3 E2 E2 E3
Bar 6
C
RG4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5
LC3 C3 C4 C3 C3 C4
Bar 7
G
RD5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5
LG2 G2 G3 G2 G2 G3
Bar 8
D
RA4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5
LD2 D2 D3 D2 D2 D3

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 Green Grass And High Tides

What are the letter notes for the Green Grass And High Tides 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 Em – C – G – D, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Green Grass And High Tides?

The loop is Em – C – G – D (vi – IV – I – V) in G major, and the song ends on C – D – G.

What key is Green Grass And High Tides in?

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

What does the left hand play in Green Grass And High Tides?

Tick-tick-boom pulse: root bass · 8ths 1-2, 3-4, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Green Grass And High Tides easy to play on piano?

It is a medium one: learn the 4 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.

Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.