Super Simple Chords

Piano chords · Blues & boogie

Little Things Mean A Lot: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Little Shoes Big Voice

Tuning the piano…
Learn it
Learn it
Style

Left hand Jazz walkRight hand Run-up 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 Things Mean A Lot without reading music. The left hand plays jazz walk (walking bass) and the right hand run-up chords.

Little Things Mean A Lot accompaniment in letter notes

The Fm – Bb7 – Eb – Cm loop with jazz walk in the left hand and run-up chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Fm
RAb4+C5+Eb5+F5 Ab4+C5+Eb5+F5 Ab4+C5+Eb5+F5 Ab4+C5+Eb5+F5 Ab4+C5+Eb5+F5
LF2 G2 Ab2 Ab2
Bar 2
Bb7
RD4+F4+Ab4+Bb4 D4+F4+Ab4+Bb4 D4+F4+Ab4+Bb4 D4+F4+Ab4+Bb4 D4+F4+Ab4+Bb4
LBb2 C3 Db3 D3
Bar 3
Eb
RG4+Bb4+Db5+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Db5+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Db5+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Db5+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Db5+Eb5
LEb2 F2 Gb2 G2
Bar 4
Cm
REb4+G4+Bb4+C5 Eb4+G4+Bb4+C5 D5 Eb5 G5 A5 G5 Eb5 Eb5 C5
LC3 D3 Eb3 Eb3
Bar 5
Fm
RAb4+C5+Eb5+F5 Ab4+C5+Eb5+F5 Ab4+C5+Eb5+F5 Ab4+C5+Eb5+F5 Ab4+C5+Eb5+F5
LF2 G2 Ab2 Ab2
Bar 6
Bb7
RD4+F4+Ab4+Bb4 D4+F4+Ab4+Bb4 D4+F4+Ab4+Bb4 D4+F4+Ab4+Bb4 D4+F4+Ab4+Bb4
LBb2 C3 Db3 D3
Bar 7
Eb
RG4+Bb4+Db5+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Db5+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Db5+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Db5+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Db5+Eb5
LEb2 F2 Gb2 G2
Bar 8
Cm
REb4+G4+Bb4+C5 Eb4+G4+Bb4+C5 Eb4+G4+Bb4+C5 Eb4+G4+Bb4+C5 Eb4+G4+Bb4+C5
LC3 D3 Eb3 Eb3

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.

Play next

Questions about Little Things Mean A Lot

What are the letter notes for the Little Things Mean A Lot 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 Fm – Bb7 – Eb – Cm, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Little Things Mean A Lot?

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

What key is Little Things Mean A Lot in?

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

What does the left hand play in Little Things Mean A Lot?

Jazz walk: walking bass, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Little Things Mean A Lot 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.