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Modern Day Bonnie And Clyde: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Travis Tritt

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Left hand Heartbeat octavesRight hand Offbeat skankChords 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 Modern Day Bonnie And Clyde without reading music. The left hand plays heartbeat octaves (rocking octaves) and the right hand offbeat skank.

Modern Day Bonnie And Clyde accompaniment in letter notes

The G7 – D7 – G7 – D7 loop with heartbeat octaves in the left hand and offbeat skank in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
G7
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5
LG2 G3 G2 G3 G2 G3 G2 G3
Bar 2
D7
RF#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5
LD2 D3 D2 D3 D2 D3 D2 D3
Bar 3
G7
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5
LG2 G3 G2 G3 G2 G3 G2 G3
Bar 4
D7
RF#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 A6 F#6 D6 C6 A5 G#5 G5 F#5
LD2 D3 D2 D3 D2 D3 D2 D3
Bar 5
G7
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5
LG2 G3 G2 G3 G2 G3 G2 G3
Bar 6
D7
RF#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5
LD2 D3 D2 D3 D2 D3 D2 D3
Bar 7
G7
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5
LG2 G3 G2 G3 G2 G3 G2 G3
Bar 8
D7
RF#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5
LD2 D3 D2 D3 D2 D3 D2 D3

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 Modern Day Bonnie And Clyde

What are the letter notes for the Modern Day Bonnie And Clyde 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 G7 – D7 – G7 – D7, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Modern Day Bonnie And Clyde?

The loop is G7 – D7 – G7 – D7 (IV7 – I7 – IV7 – I7) in D major, and the song ends on G – A – D.

What key is Modern Day Bonnie And Clyde in?

D major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Modern Day Bonnie And Clyde?

Heartbeat octaves: rocking octaves, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Modern Day Bonnie And Clyde 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 one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.