Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
Oh What A Circus: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
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- E major
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- Easy
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 What A Circus without reading music. The left hand plays take-off climb (broken chord 1-1-3-5) and the right hand skip-and-stroll chords.
Oh What A Circus accompaniment in letter notes
The C – C#m – F#sus4 – F# loop with take-off climb in the left hand and skip-and-stroll 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 Oh What A Circus
What are the letter notes for the Oh What A Circus 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 C – C#m – F#sus4 – F#, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Oh What A Circus?
The loop is C – C#m – F#sus4 – F# (bVI – vi – IIsus – II) in E major, and the song ends on E – A – E.
What key is Oh What A Circus in?
E major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Oh What A Circus?
Take-off climb: broken chord 1-1-3-5, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Oh What A Circus 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.