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My Home’s In Alabama: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Teddy Gentry & Randy Owen

  • D major
  • 2/2
  • 120 BPM
  • 1980
  • Medium
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Left hand Rolling wavesRight hand Shy chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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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 My Home’s In Alabama without reading music. The left hand plays rolling waves (open arpeggio 1-5-10-5) and the right hand shy chords.

My Home’s In Alabama accompaniment in letter notes

The Am – D – Am – D loop with rolling waves in the left hand and shy chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Am
RC4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4
LA2 E3 C4 E3
Bar 2
D
RF#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5
LD2 A2 F#3 A2
Bar 3
Am
RC4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4
LA2 E3 C4 E3
Bar 4
D
RF#4+A4+D5 F#4 A4 D5 F#5 A5 D6 F#6 A6
LD2 A2 F#3 A2
Bar 5
Am
RC4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4
LA2 E3 C4 E3
Bar 6
D
RF#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5
LD2 A2 F#3 A2
Bar 7
Am
RC4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4
LA2 E3 C4 E3
Bar 8
D
RF#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5
LD2 A2 F#3 A2

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 My Home’s In Alabama

What are the letter notes for the My Home’s In Alabama 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 Am – D – Am – D, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in My Home’s In Alabama?

The loop is Am – D – Am – D (v – I – v – I) in D major, and the song ends on G – A – D.

What key is My Home’s In Alabama in?

D major, at about 120 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in My Home’s In Alabama?

Rolling waves: open arpeggio 1-5-10-5, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is My Home’s In Alabama easy to play on piano?

It is a medium one: learn the 4 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.

Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.