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Nothing But The Best: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Johnny Rotella

  • Eb major
  • 2/2
  • 120 BPM
  • 1962
  • Easy
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Left hand Lazy footstepsRight hand Hopscotch bellsChords 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 Nothing But The Best without reading music. The left hand plays lazy footsteps (root bass · 1 · 3 · 4) and the right hand hopscotch bells.

Nothing But The Best accompaniment in letter notes

The Eb – Cdim – Fdim – Eb loop with lazy footsteps in the left hand and hopscotch bells in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Eb
REb5 G4+Bb4 G4+Bb4
LEb2 Eb3 Eb2
Bar 2
Cdim
RC5 Eb4+Gb4 Eb4+Gb4
LC3 C4 C3
Bar 3
Fdim
RF5 Ab4+Cb4 Ab4+Cb4
LF2 F3 F2
Bar 4
Eb
REb5 G4+Bb4 D4 Eb4 F4 G4 Ab4 Bb4 C5 D5
LEb2 Eb3 Eb2
Bar 5
Eb
REb5 G4+Bb4 G4+Bb4
LEb2 Eb3 Eb2
Bar 6
Cdim
RC5 Eb4+Gb4 Eb4+Gb4
LC3 C4 C3
Bar 7
Fdim
RF5 Ab4+Cb4 Ab4+Cb4
LF2 F3 F2
Bar 8
Eb
REb5 G4+Bb4 G4+Bb4
LEb2 Eb3 Eb2

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 Nothing But The Best

What are the letter notes for the Nothing But The 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 Eb – Cdim – Fdim – Eb, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Nothing But The Best?

The loop is Eb – Cdim – Fdim – Eb (I – vio – iio – I) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Eb.

What key is Nothing But The Best in?

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

What does the left hand play in Nothing But The Best?

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

Is Nothing But The 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.