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My Next Thirty Years: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Phil Vassar

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Left hand Stumbling footstepsRight hand Steady 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 Next Thirty Years without reading music. The left hand plays stumbling footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 2a · 3 · 4) and the right hand steady chords.

My Next Thirty Years accompaniment in letter notes

The F – C7 – F – C7 loop with stumbling footsteps in the left hand and steady chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
F
RA4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5
LF2 F3 F2 F2 F3
Bar 2
C7
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC3 C4 C3 C3 C4
Bar 3
F
RA4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5
LF2 F3 F2 F2 F3
Bar 4
C7
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4 F4 G4 A4 Bb4 C5 D5 E5
LC3 C4 C3 C3 C4
Bar 5
F
RA4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5
LF2 F3 F2 F2 F3
Bar 6
C7
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC3 C4 C3 C3 C4
Bar 7
F
RA4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5
LF2 F3 F2 F2 F3
Bar 8
C7
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC3 C4 C3 C3 C4

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 Next Thirty Years

What are the letter notes for the My Next Thirty Years 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 F – C7 – F – C7, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in My Next Thirty Years?

The loop is F – C7 – F – C7 (I – V7 – I – V7) in F major, and the song ends on Gm – Bb – F.

What key is My Next Thirty Years in?

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

What does the left hand play in My Next Thirty Years?

Stumbling footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 2a · 3 · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is My Next Thirty Years 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.