Let’s All Go Down The Strand (Old Time): easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

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Eb major
6/8
96 BPM
1909
Medium

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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 Let’s All Go Down The Strand (Old Time) without reading music. The left hand plays swelling 6/8 (open arpeggio 1-5-8-10-8-5 (6/8)), and the right hand sings the tune.

Let’s All Go Down The Strand (Old Time) accompaniment in letter notes

The Eb – Cm – Bb7 – Eb loop with swelling 6/8 in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
EbREb4+G4+Bb4
LEb2 Bb2 Eb3 G3 Eb3 Bb2

Bar 2
CmRC4+Eb4+G4
LC3 G3 C4 Eb4 C4 G3

Bar 3
Bb7RBb3+D4+F4
LBb2 F3 Bb3 D4 Bb3 F3

Bar 4
EbREb4+G4+Bb4 G4 Bb4 Eb5 G5 Bb5 Eb6
LEb2 Bb2 Eb3 G3 Eb3 Bb2

Bar 5
EbREb4+G4+Bb4
LEb2 Bb2 Eb3 G3 Eb3 Bb2

Bar 6
CmRC4+Eb4+G4
LC3 G3 C4 Eb4 C4 G3

Bar 7
Bb7RBb3+D4+F4
LBb2 F3 Bb3 D4 Bb3 F3

Bar 8
EbREb4+G4+Bb4
LEb2 Bb2 Eb3 G3 Eb3 Bb2

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.

Questions about Let’s All Go Down The Strand (Old Time)

What are the letter notes for the Let’s All Go Down The Strand (Old Time) 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 Eb – Cm – Bb7 – Eb, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Let’s All Go Down The Strand (Old Time)?

The loop is Eb – Cm – Bb7 – Eb (I – vi – V7 – I) in Eb major, and the song ends on Eb – Bb7 – Eb.

What key is Let’s All Go Down The Strand (Old Time) in?

Eb major, at about 96 beats a minute in 6/8.

What does the left hand play in Let’s All Go Down The Strand (Old Time)?

Swelling 6/8: open arpeggio 1-5-8-10-8-5 (6/8), a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Let’s All Go Down The Strand (Old Time) 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.