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Gun Song: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Jeremy Fraites & Wesley Schultz
- G major
- 6/8
- 95 BPM
- V–I–V–vi loop
- 2009
- Medium
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 Gun Song without reading music. The left hand plays rowing-boat pulse (root bass · 6/8 8ths) and the right hand rowing-boat chords.
Gun Song accompaniment in letter notes
The D – G – D – Em loop with rowing-boat pulse in the left hand and rowing-boat 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 Gun Song
What are the letter notes for the Gun Song 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 D – G – D – Em, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Gun Song?
The loop is D – G – D – Em (V – I – V – vi) in G major, and the song ends on G – Gsus4 – G.
What key is Gun Song in?
G major, at about 95 beats a minute in 6/8.
What does the left hand play in Gun Song?
Rowing-boat pulse: root bass · 6/8 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Gun Song 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.