Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
Mother Knows Best: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Alan Menken
- F major
- 4/4
- 74 BPM
- 2010
- Easy
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 Mother Knows Best without reading music. The left hand plays ping-pong bounce (broken chord 8-5) and the right hand soft chords.
Mother Knows Best accompaniment in letter notes
The F7 – Bb – Bbm – Am loop with ping-pong bounce in the left hand and soft 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 Mother Knows Best
What are the letter notes for the Mother Knows Best 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 F7 – Bb – Bbm – Am, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Mother Knows Best?
The loop is F7 – Bb – Bbm – Am (I7 – IV – iv – iii) in F major, and the song ends on Bb – C – F.
What key is Mother Knows Best in?
F major, at about 74 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Mother Knows Best?
Ping-pong bounce: broken chord 8-5, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Mother Knows Best 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.