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I Wonder As I Wander: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By John Jacob Niles

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Left hand Moon River rollRight hand Waltz 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 I Wonder As I Wander without reading music. The left hand plays moon river roll (open arpeggio 1-5-10 (3/4)) and the right hand waltz chords.

I Wonder As I Wander accompaniment in letter notes

The Cm – Gm – Cm – Gm loop with moon river roll in the left hand and waltz chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Cm
RC4+Eb4+G4 C4+Eb4+G4 C4+Eb4+G4
LC3 G3 Eb4
Bar 2
Gm
RG4+Bb4+D5 G4+Bb4+D5 G4+Bb4+D5
LG2 D3 Bb3
Bar 3
Cm
RC4+Eb4+G4 C4+Eb4+G4 C4+Eb4+G4
LC3 G3 Eb4
Bar 4
Gm
RG4+Bb4+D5 G4 Bb4 D5 G5 Bb5 D6 G6 Bb6
LG2 D3 Bb3
Bar 5
Cm
RC4+Eb4+G4 C4+Eb4+G4 C4+Eb4+G4
LC3 G3 Eb4
Bar 6
Gm
RG4+Bb4+D5 G4+Bb4+D5 G4+Bb4+D5
LG2 D3 Bb3
Bar 7
Cm
RC4+Eb4+G4 C4+Eb4+G4 C4+Eb4+G4
LC3 G3 Eb4
Bar 8
Gm
RG4+Bb4+D5 G4+Bb4+D5 G4+Bb4+D5
LG2 D3 Bb3

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 Wonder As I Wander

What are the letter notes for the I Wonder As I Wander 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 Cm – Gm – Cm – Gm, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in I Wonder As I Wander?

The loop is Cm – Gm – Cm – Gm (iv – i – iv – i) in G minor, and the song ends on Eb – F – Gm.

What key is I Wonder As I Wander in?

G minor, at about 80 beats a minute in 3/4.

What does the left hand play in I Wonder As I Wander?

Moon River roll: open arpeggio 1-5-10 (3/4), a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is I Wonder As I Wander 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 6 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.