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Nicholas And Alexandra: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Richard Rodney Bennett
- G major
- 2/2
- 152 BPM
- 1971
- Medium
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 Nicholas And Alexandra without reading music. The left hand plays ocean swell (open arpeggio 1-5-8-10-12-10-8-5) and the right hand hopscotch chords.
Nicholas And Alexandra accompaniment in letter notes
The G – Em – Am – G loop with ocean swell in the left hand and hopscotch 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 Nicholas And Alexandra
What are the letter notes for the Nicholas And Alexandra 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 G – Em – Am – G, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Nicholas And Alexandra?
The loop is G – Em – Am – G (I – vi – ii – I) in G major, and the song ends on Am – C – G.
What key is Nicholas And Alexandra in?
G major, at about 152 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in Nicholas And Alexandra?
Ocean swell: open arpeggio 1-5-8-10-12-10-8-5, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Nicholas And Alexandra 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.