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I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by John A. Glover-Kind

  • Eb major
  • 6/8
  • 150 BPM
  • 2013
  • Medium
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Left hand Hammock heartbeatRight hand Hammock chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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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 I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside without reading music. The left hand plays hammock heartbeat (root bass · 6/8 lilt) and the right hand hammock chords.

I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside accompaniment in letter notes

The Eb – Edim – Fm – Bb loop with hammock heartbeat in the left hand and hammock chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Eb
RBb4+Eb5+G5 Bb4+Eb5+G5 Bb4+Eb5+G5 Bb4+Eb5+G5
LEb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2
Bar 2
Edim
RBb4+E5+G5 Bb4+E5+G5 Bb4+E5+G5 Bb4+E5+G5
LE2 E2 E2 E2
Bar 3
Fm
RC5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5
LF2 F2 F2 F2
Bar 4
Bb
RF4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4 Bb4 D5 F5 Bb5 D6
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 5
Eb
RBb4+Eb5+G5 Bb4+Eb5+G5 Bb4+Eb5+G5 Bb4+Eb5+G5
LEb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2
Bar 6
Edim
RBb4+E5+G5 Bb4+E5+G5 Bb4+E5+G5 Bb4+E5+G5
LE2 E2 E2 E2
Bar 7
Fm
RC5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5
LF2 F2 F2 F2
Bar 8
Bb
RF4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2 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 I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside

What are the letter notes for the I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside 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 – Edim – Fm – Bb, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside?

The loop is Eb – Edim – Fm – Bb (I – biio – ii – V) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Eb.

What key is I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside in?

Eb major, at about 150 beats a minute in 6/8.

What does the left hand play in I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside?

Hammock heartbeat: root bass · 6/8 lilt, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside 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.