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Let’s Go Fly A Kite: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
- Bb major
- 6/8
- 111 BPM
- 1963
- Medium
Play the full song with sheet music
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 Go Fly A Kite without reading music. The left hand plays hammock heartbeat (root bass · 6/8 lilt) and the right hand rowing-boat chords.
The main tune of Let’s Go Fly A Kite in letter notes
The real notes from a score, both hands, bar by bar. R is the right hand, L the left; C4 is middle C.
Let’s Go Fly A Kite accompaniment in letter notes
The Eb – F – Bb – C7 – Bb – C – F7 – Dm loop with hammock heartbeat in the left hand and rowing-boat chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.
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 Let’s Go Fly A Kite
What are the letter notes for the Let’s Go Fly A Kite 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 – F – Bb – C7 – Bb – C – F7 – Dm, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Let’s Go Fly A Kite?
The loop is Eb – F – Bb – C7 – Bb – C – F7 – Dm (IV – V – I – II7 – I – II – V7 – iii) in Bb major, and the song ends on Eb – F – Bb.
What key is Let’s Go Fly A Kite in?
Bb major, at about 111 beats a minute in 6/8.
What does the left hand play in Let’s Go Fly A Kite?
Hammock heartbeat: root bass · 6/8 lilt, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Let’s Go Fly A Kite easy to play on piano?
It is a medium one: learn the 8 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.
Can I hear the real melody of Let’s Go Fly A Kite?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the main tune of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.