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On A Slow Boat To China: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
- A major
- 4/4
- 132 BPM
- 1948
- 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 On A Slow Boat To China without reading music. The left hand plays island seesaw (root–fifth 1-5-1) and the right hand steady chords.
On A Slow Boat To China accompaniment in letter notes
The F#7 – Bm – B#dim – A loop with island seesaw in the left hand and steady 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 On A Slow Boat To China
What are the letter notes for the On A Slow Boat To China 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 F#7 – Bm – B#dim – A, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in On A Slow Boat To China?
The loop is F#7 – Bm – B#dim – A (VI7 – ii – biiio – I) in A major, and the song ends on D – E – A.
What key is On A Slow Boat To China in?
A major, at about 132 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in On A Slow Boat To China?
Island seesaw: root–fifth 1-5-1, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is On A Slow Boat To China 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.