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Green Grows The Laurel: piano accompaniment sheet music
Written by Traditional Irish Folksong
- B minor
- 3/4
- 100 BPM
- Medium
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Green Grows The Laurel written out as piano music: the bIII – i – bVI – bVII loop in B minor for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays waltz rocking (broken chord 1-5-8-5 (3/4)) and the right hand waltz chords.
Green Grows The Laurel chord chart
The loop once round, bar by bar, in B minor. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.
| Bar | Chord | Numeral | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | D | III | D F# A |
| 2 | Bm | i | B D F# |
| 3 | G | VI | G B D |
| 4 | A | VII | A C# E |
What the sheet music shows
The grand staff: the right hand on the treble staff, the left hand on the bass staff, with the chord names above and a finger number on each note (1 is the thumb). It is the accompaniment: waltz rocking (broken chord 1-5-8-5 (3/4)) in the left hand and waltz chords in the right, over the D – Bm – G – A chords.
Press play and a cursor follows the music. Above it, Colours paints each note in its key’s colour and Note names writes its letter on its head.
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Questions about Green Grows The Laurel
Does the sheet music for Green Grows The Laurel have finger numbers?
Yes: every note of both hands has its finger number, 1 being the thumb. To read the notes alone, turn Fingers off above the music.
What chords are in Green Grows The Laurel?
The loop is D – Bm – G – A (bIII – i – bVI – bVII) in B minor, and the song ends on G – A – Bm.
What key is Green Grows The Laurel in?
B minor, at about 100 beats a minute in 3/4.
What does the left hand play in Green Grows The Laurel?
Waltz rocking: broken chord 1-5-8-5 (3/4), a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Green Grows The Laurel 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.