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Little Bitty Pretty One: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Robert Byrd

  • F major
  • 4/4
  • 132 BPM
  • 1957
  • Easy
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Left hand Run-up footstepsRight hand Push chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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 Little Bitty Pretty One without reading music. The left hand plays run-up footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 4&) and the right hand push chords.

Little Bitty Pretty One accompaniment in letter notes

The F – C – Dm – Bb loop with run-up footsteps in the left hand and push chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
F
RA4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5
LF2 F2 F2 F2 F2
Bar 2
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC3 C3 C3 C3 C3
Bar 3
Dm
RF4+A4+D5 F4+A4+D5 F4+A4+D5
LD2 D2 D2 D2 D2
Bar 4
Bb
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 E4 F4 G4 A4 Bb4 C5 D5 E5
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 5
F
RA4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5
LF2 F2 F2 F2 F2
Bar 6
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC3 C3 C3 C3 C3
Bar 7
Dm
RF4+A4+D5 F4+A4+D5 F4+A4+D5
LD2 D2 D2 D2 D2
Bar 8
Bb
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 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.

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Questions about Little Bitty Pretty One

What are the letter notes for the Little Bitty Pretty One 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 F – C – Dm – Bb, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Little Bitty Pretty One?

The loop is F – C – Dm – Bb (I – V – vi – IV) in F major, and the song ends on Bb – C – F.

What key is Little Bitty Pretty One in?

F major, at about 132 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Little Bitty Pretty One?

Run-up footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 4&, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Little Bitty Pretty One 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.