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(It's A) Monster's Holiday: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Buck Owens

  • G major
  • 4/4
  • 120 BPM
  • 1974
  • Medium
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Left hand Boogie climbRight hand Pumping 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 (It's A) Monster's Holiday without reading music. The left hand plays boogie climb (broken chord 1-1-3-3-5-5-6-5) and the right hand pumping chords.

(It's A) Monster's Holiday accompaniment in letter notes

The G – E7 – A7 – D loop with boogie climb in the left hand and pumping chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
G
RD5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5
LG2 G2 Bb2 B2 D3 D3 E3 D3
Bar 2
E7
RB4+E5+G#5 B4+E5+G#5 B4+E5+G#5 B4+E5+G#5 B4+E5+G#5 B4+E5+G#5 B4+E5+G#5 B4+E5+G#5
LE2 E2 G2 G#2 B2 B2 C#3 B2
Bar 3
A7
RE4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5
LA2 A2 C3 C#3 E3 E3 F#3 E3
Bar 4
D
RA4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 F#4 A4 D5 F#5 A5 D6 F#6 A6
LD2 D2 F2 F#2 A2 A2 B2 A2
Bar 5
G
RD5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5
LG2 G2 Bb2 B2 D3 D3 E3 D3
Bar 6
E7
RB4+E5+G#5 B4+E5+G#5 B4+E5+G#5 B4+E5+G#5 B4+E5+G#5 B4+E5+G#5 B4+E5+G#5 B4+E5+G#5
LE2 E2 G2 G#2 B2 B2 C#3 B2
Bar 7
A7
RE4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5
LA2 A2 C3 C#3 E3 E3 F#3 E3
Bar 8
D
RA4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5
LD2 D2 F2 F#2 A2 A2 B2 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 (It's A) Monster's Holiday

What are the letter notes for the (It's A) Monster's Holiday 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 – E7 – A7 – D, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in (It's A) Monster's Holiday?

The loop is G – E7 – A7 – D (I – VI7 – II7 – V) in G major, and the song ends on C – D – G.

What key is (It's A) Monster's Holiday in?

G major, at about 120 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in (It's A) Monster's Holiday?

Boogie climb: broken chord 1-1-3-3-5-5-6-5, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is (It's A) Monster's Holiday 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.