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In The Navy: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

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Left hand Heartbeat octavesRight hand Pausing 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 In The Navy without reading music. The left hand plays heartbeat octaves (rocking octaves) and the right hand pausing chords.

In The Navy accompaniment in letter notes

The Bb – Cm – F7 – Cm loop with heartbeat octaves in the left hand and pausing chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Bb
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4
LBb2 Bb3 Bb2 Bb3 Bb2 Bb3 Bb2 Bb3
Bar 2
Cm
REb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4+C5
LC3 C4 C3 C4 C3 C4 C3 C4
Bar 3
F7
RA4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5
LF2 F3 F2 F3 F2 F3 F2 F3
Bar 4
Cm
REb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4+C5 C7 G6 Eb6 C6 A5 Ab5 G5 F#5
LC3 C4 C3 C4 C3 C4 C3 C4
Bar 5
Bb
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4
LBb2 Bb3 Bb2 Bb3 Bb2 Bb3 Bb2 Bb3
Bar 6
Cm
REb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4+C5
LC3 C4 C3 C4 C3 C4 C3 C4
Bar 7
F7
RA4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5
LF2 F3 F2 F3 F2 F3 F2 F3
Bar 8
Cm
REb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4+C5
LC3 C4 C3 C4 C3 C4 C3 C4

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 In The Navy

What are the letter notes for the In The Navy 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 Bb – Cm – F7 – Cm, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in In The Navy?

The loop is Bb – Cm – F7 – Cm (I – ii – V7 – ii) in Bb major, and the song ends on Eb – F – Bb.

What key is In The Navy in?

Bb major, at about 126 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in In The Navy?

Heartbeat octaves: rocking octaves, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is In The Navy 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.