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Oh Dear What Can The Matter Be?: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Traditional
- D major
- 6/8
- 99 BPM
- I–V7–I–V7 loop
- 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 Oh Dear What Can The Matter Be? without reading music. The left hand plays lilting climb (broken chord 1-5-8 (6/8)), and the right hand sings the tune.
Oh Dear What Can The Matter Be? accompaniment in letter notes
The D – A7 – D – A7 loop with lilting climb in the left hand. 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 Oh Dear What Can The Matter Be?
What are the letter notes for the Oh Dear What Can The Matter Be? 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 D – A7 – D – A7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Oh Dear What Can The Matter Be??
The loop is D – A7 – D – A7 (I – V7 – I – V7) in D major, and the song ends on D – A7 – D.
What key is Oh Dear What Can The Matter Be? in?
D major, at about 99 beats a minute in 6/8.
What does the left hand play in Oh Dear What Can The Matter Be??
Lilting climb: broken chord 1-5-8 (6/8), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Oh Dear What Can The Matter Be? 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.