Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
On The Crest Of A Wave (from The Gang Show): easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Ralph Reader
- Eb major
- 2/2
- 160 BPM
- 1934
- 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 The Crest Of A Wave (from The Gang Show) without reading music. The left hand plays tumble down (broken chord 8-5-1) and the right hand hopscotch bells.
On The Crest Of A Wave (from The Gang Show) accompaniment in letter notes
The Bb7 – Eb – Edim – Bb7 loop with tumble down in the left hand and hopscotch bells 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 The Crest Of A Wave (from The Gang Show)
What are the letter notes for the On The Crest Of A Wave (from The Gang Show) 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 Bb7 – Eb – Edim – Bb7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in On The Crest Of A Wave (from The Gang Show)?
The loop is Bb7 – Eb – Edim – Bb7 (V7 – I – biio – V7) in Eb major, and the song ends on Eb – Ab – Eb.
What key is On The Crest Of A Wave (from The Gang Show) in?
Eb major, at about 160 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in On The Crest Of A Wave (from The Gang Show)?
Tumble down: broken chord 8-5-1, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is On The Crest Of A Wave (from The Gang Show) 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.