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I’m A Rover And Seldom Sober: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Traditional Irish Folk Song

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Left hand Oom-pah-pahRight hand Chattering waltzChords 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’m A Rover And Seldom Sober without reading music. The left hand plays oom-pah-pah (waltz oom-pah-pah) and the right hand chattering waltz.

I’m A Rover And Seldom Sober accompaniment in letter notes

The G – D7 – G – D7 loop with oom-pah-pah in the left hand and chattering waltz in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
G
RG5+B5 G5+B5 D5 G5+B5 D5
LG2 B2+D3 B2+D3
Bar 2
D7
RD5+F#5 D5+F#5 A4 D5+F#5 A4
LD2 F#2+A2 F#2+A2
Bar 3
G
RG5+B5 G5+B5 D5 G5+B5 D5
LG2 B2+D3 B2+D3
Bar 4
D7
RD5+F#5 F#4 A4 C5 D5 F#5 A5 C6 D6
LD2 F#2+A2 F#2+A2
Bar 5
G
RG5+B5 G5+B5 D5 G5+B5 D5
LG2 B2+D3 B2+D3
Bar 6
D7
RD5+F#5 D5+F#5 A4 D5+F#5 A4
LD2 F#2+A2 F#2+A2
Bar 7
G
RG5+B5 G5+B5 D5 G5+B5 D5
LG2 B2+D3 B2+D3
Bar 8
D7
RD5+F#5 D5+F#5 A4 D5+F#5 A4
LD2 F#2+A2 F#2+A2

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’m A Rover And Seldom Sober

What are the letter notes for the I’m A Rover And Seldom Sober 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 G – D7 – G – D7, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in I’m A Rover And Seldom Sober?

The loop is G – D7 – G – D7 (I – V7 – I – V7) in G major, and the song ends on G – D7 – G.

What key is I’m A Rover And Seldom Sober in?

G major, at about 125 beats a minute in 3/4.

What does the left hand play in I’m A Rover And Seldom Sober?

Oom-pah-pah: waltz oom-pah-pah, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is I’m A Rover And Seldom Sober 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.