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Molly And Ten Brooks: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Bill Monroe

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Left hand Boom-chickThe right hand sings the tuneChords the loop the song repeats most

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 Molly And Ten Brooks without reading music. The left hand plays boom-chick (boom-chick), and the right hand sings the tune.

Molly And Ten Brooks accompaniment in letter notes

The C – F – C – G loop with boom-chick in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
C
RC4+E4+G4
LC4 E4+G4 G3 E4+G4
Bar 2
F
RF4+A4+C5
LF3 A3+C4 C3 A3+C4
Bar 3
C
RC4+E4+G4
LC4 E4+G4 G3 E4+G4
Bar 4
G
RG4+B4+D5 B6 G6 D6 B5 Ab5 G5 F#5 F5
LG3 B3+D4 D3 B3+D4
Bar 5
C
RC4+E4+G4
LC4 E4+G4 G3 E4+G4
Bar 6
F
RF4+A4+C5
LF3 A3+C4 C3 A3+C4
Bar 7
C
RC4+E4+G4
LC4 E4+G4 G3 E4+G4
Bar 8
G
RG4+B4+D5
LG3 B3+D4 D3 B3+D4

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 Molly And Ten Brooks

What are the letter notes for the Molly And Ten Brooks 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 C – F – C – G, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Molly And Ten Brooks?

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

What key is Molly And Ten Brooks in?

C major, at about 160 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in Molly And Ten Brooks?

Boom-chick: boom-chick, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Molly And Ten Brooks 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.