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Kei's Song: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By David Benoit

  • A major
  • 4/4
  • 145 BPM
  • 1987
  • Medium
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Left hand Rolling wavesRight 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 Kei's Song without reading music. The left hand plays rolling waves (open arpeggio 1-5-10-5) and the right hand pausing chords.

Kei's Song accompaniment in letter notes

The A – F – Em – Dm loop with rolling waves in the left hand and pausing chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
A
RC#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4
LA2 E3 C#4 E3 A2 E3 C#4 E3
Bar 2
F
RA4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5
LF2 C3 A3 C3 F2 C3 A3 C3
Bar 3
Em
RG4+B4+E5 G4+B4+E5 G4+B4+E5
LE2 B2 G3 B2 E2 B2 G3 B2
Bar 4
Dm
RF4+A4+D5 F4+A4+D5 F4 A4 D5 F5 A5 D6 F6 A6
LD2 A2 F3 A2 D2 A2 F3 A2
Bar 5
A
RC#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4
LA2 E3 C#4 E3 A2 E3 C#4 E3
Bar 6
F
RA4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5
LF2 C3 A3 C3 F2 C3 A3 C3
Bar 7
Em
RG4+B4+E5 G4+B4+E5 G4+B4+E5
LE2 B2 G3 B2 E2 B2 G3 B2
Bar 8
Dm
RF4+A4+D5 F4+A4+D5 F4+A4+D5
LD2 A2 F3 A2 D2 A2 F3 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 Kei's Song

What are the letter notes for the Kei's Song 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 A – F – Em – Dm, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Kei's Song?

The loop is A – F – Em – Dm (I – bVI – v – iv) in A major, and the song ends on D – E – A.

What key is Kei's Song in?

A major, at about 145 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Kei's Song?

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

Is Kei's Song 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.