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Oh, What A World: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Kacey Musgraves

  • Bb major
  • 4/4
  • 90 BPM
  • 2018
  • Easy
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Left hand Knock-knock footstepsRight hand Sprint-and-stop chordsChords 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 Oh, What A World without reading music. The left hand plays knock-knock footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 4) and the right hand sprint-and-stop chords.

Oh, What A World accompaniment in letter notes

The Eb – Bb – Fm – Absus4 loop with knock-knock footsteps in the left hand and sprint-and-stop chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Eb
RG4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5
LEb2 Eb3 Eb2 Eb3
Bar 2
Bb
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4
LBb2 Bb3 Bb2 Bb3
Bar 3
Fm
RAb4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5+F5
LF2 F3 F2 F3
Bar 4
Absus4
RDb5+Eb5+Ab5 Db5+Eb5+Ab5 Db5+Eb5+Ab5 Db5+Eb5+Ab5 D4 Eb4 F4 G4 Bbb4 Bb4 C5 D5
LAb2 Ab3 Ab2 Ab3
Bar 5
Eb
RG4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5
LEb2 Eb3 Eb2 Eb3
Bar 6
Bb
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4
LBb2 Bb3 Bb2 Bb3
Bar 7
Fm
RAb4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5+F5
LF2 F3 F2 F3
Bar 8
Absus4
RDb5+Eb5+Ab5 Db5+Eb5+Ab5 Db5+Eb5+Ab5 Db5+Eb5+Ab5
LAb2 Ab3 Ab2 Ab3

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 World

What are the letter notes for the Oh, What A World 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 – Bb – Fm – Absus4, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Oh, What A World?

The loop is Eb – Bb – Fm – Absus4 (IV – I – v – bVIIsus) in Bb major, and the song ends on Eb – F – Bb.

What key is Oh, What A World in?

Bb major, at about 90 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Oh, What A World?

Knock-knock footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Oh, What A World 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.