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Invitation: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

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  • Eb major
  • 4/4
  • 72 BPM
  • Medium
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Left hand Open skyRight 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 Invitation without reading music. The left hand plays open sky (open arpeggio 1-5-10) and the right hand hopscotch chords.

Invitation accompaniment in letter notes

The Cm – F7 – Bb7 – Ebm loop with open sky in the left hand and hopscotch chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Cm
REb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4 Eb4+G4
LC3 G3 Eb4
Bar 2
F7
RA4+C5+F5 A4+C5 A4+C5
LF2 C3 A3
Bar 3
Bb7
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4 D4+F4
LBb2 F3 D4
Bar 4
Ebm
RGb4+Bb4+Eb5 Gb4+Bb4 Gb4 Bb4 Eb5 Gb5 Bb5 Eb6 Gb6 Bb6
LEb2 Bb2 Gb3
Bar 5
Cm
REb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4 Eb4+G4
LC3 G3 Eb4
Bar 6
F7
RA4+C5+F5 A4+C5 A4+C5
LF2 C3 A3
Bar 7
Bb7
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4 D4+F4
LBb2 F3 D4
Bar 8
Ebm
RGb4+Bb4+Eb5 Gb4+Bb4 Gb4+Bb4
LEb2 Bb2 Gb3

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 Invitation

What are the letter notes for the Invitation 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 – F7 – Bb7 – Ebm, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Invitation?

The loop is Cm – F7 – Bb7 – Ebm (vi – II7 – V7 – i) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Eb.

What key is Invitation in?

Eb major, at about 72 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Invitation?

Open sky: open arpeggio 1-5-10, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Invitation 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.