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Hey There: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Rosemary Clooney

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Left hand Lazy footstepsRight hand Hopscotch chordsChords 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 Hey There without reading music. The left hand plays lazy footsteps (root bass · 1 · 3 · 4) and the right hand hopscotch chords.

Hey There accompaniment in letter notes

The Eb – Cm – Fm – Bb7 loop with lazy footsteps in the left hand and hopscotch chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Eb
RG4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4 G4+Bb4
LEb2 Eb3 Eb2
Bar 2
Cm
REb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4 Eb4+G4
LC3 C4 C3
Bar 3
Fm
RAb4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5 Ab4+C5
LF2 F3 F2
Bar 4
Bb7
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4 D4 Eb4 F4 G4 Ab4 Bb4 C5 D5
LBb2 Bb3 Bb2
Bar 5
Eb
RG4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4 G4+Bb4
LEb2 Eb3 Eb2
Bar 6
Cm
REb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4 Eb4+G4
LC3 C4 C3
Bar 7
Fm
RAb4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5 Ab4+C5
LF2 F3 F2
Bar 8
Bb7
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4 D4+F4
LBb2 Bb3 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 Hey There

What are the letter notes for the Hey There 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 Eb – Cm – Fm – Bb7, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Hey There?

The loop is Eb – Cm – Fm – Bb7 (I – vi – ii – V7) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Eb.

What key is Hey There in?

Eb major, at about 76 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in Hey There?

Lazy footsteps: root bass · 1 · 3 · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Hey There 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.