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It’s The Natural Thing To Do: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

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  • D major
  • 2/2
  • 100 BPM
  • 1937
  • Easy
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Left hand Lazy footstepsRight hand Hopscotch bellsChords 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 The Natural Thing To Do without reading music. The left hand plays lazy footsteps (root bass · 1 · 3 · 4) and the right hand hopscotch bells.

It’s The Natural Thing To Do accompaniment in letter notes

The A7 – D – Bb7 – Em loop with lazy footsteps in the left hand and hopscotch bells in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
A7
RA4 C#4+E4 C#4+E4
LA2 A3 A2
Bar 2
D
RD5 F#4+A4 F#4+A4
LD2 D3 D2
Bar 3
Bb7
RBb4 D4+F4 D4+F4
LBb2 Bb3 Bb2
Bar 4
Em
RE5 G4+B4 D4 E4 F#4 G4 A4 B4 C#5 D5
LE2 E3 E2
Bar 5
A7
RA4 C#4+E4 C#4+E4
LA2 A3 A2
Bar 6
D
RD5 F#4+A4 F#4+A4
LD2 D3 D2
Bar 7
Bb7
RBb4 D4+F4 D4+F4
LBb2 Bb3 Bb2
Bar 8
Em
RE5 G4+B4 G4+B4
LE2 E3 E2

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 The Natural Thing To Do

What are the letter notes for the It’s The Natural Thing To Do 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 A7 – D – Bb7 – Em, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in It’s The Natural Thing To Do?

The loop is A7 – D – Bb7 – Em (V7 – I – bVI7 – ii) in D major, and the song ends on D – G – D.

What key is It’s The Natural Thing To Do in?

D major, at about 100 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in It’s The Natural Thing To Do?

Lazy footsteps: root bass · 1 · 3 · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is It’s The Natural Thing To Do 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.