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One Day I’ll Fly Away: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

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Left hand Rolling wavesRight hand Heartbeat 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 One Day I’ll Fly Away without reading music. The left hand plays rolling waves (open arpeggio 1-5-10-5) and the right hand heartbeat chords.

One Day I’ll Fly Away accompaniment in letter notes

The B – Em – B – Em loop with rolling waves in the left hand and heartbeat chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
B
RF#4+B4+D#5 F#4+B4+D#5 F#4+B4+D#5
LB2 F#3 D#4 F#3 B2 F#3 D#4 F#3
Bar 2
Em
RB4+E5+G5 B4+E5+G5 B4+E5+G5
LE2 B2 G3 B2 E2 B2 G3 B2
Bar 3
B
RF#4+B4+D#5 F#4+B4+D#5 F#4+B4+D#5
LB2 F#3 D#4 F#3 B2 F#3 D#4 F#3
Bar 4
Em
RB4+E5+G5 B4+E5+G5 E4 G4 B4 E5 G5 B5 E6 G6
LE2 B2 G3 B2 E2 B2 G3 B2
Bar 5
B
RF#4+B4+D#5 F#4+B4+D#5 F#4+B4+D#5
LB2 F#3 D#4 F#3 B2 F#3 D#4 F#3
Bar 6
Em
RB4+E5+G5 B4+E5+G5 B4+E5+G5
LE2 B2 G3 B2 E2 B2 G3 B2
Bar 7
B
RF#4+B4+D#5 F#4+B4+D#5 F#4+B4+D#5
LB2 F#3 D#4 F#3 B2 F#3 D#4 F#3
Bar 8
Em
RB4+E5+G5 B4+E5+G5 B4+E5+G5
LE2 B2 G3 B2 E2 B2 G3 B2

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 One Day I’ll Fly Away

What are the letter notes for the One Day I’ll Fly Away 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 B – Em – B – Em, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in One Day I’ll Fly Away?

The loop is B – Em – B – Em (I – iv – I – iv) in B major, and the song ends on E – F# – B.

What key is One Day I’ll Fly Away in?

B major, at about 65 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in One Day I’ll Fly Away?

Rolling waves: open arpeggio 1-5-10-5, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is One Day I’ll Fly Away easy to play on piano?

It is a medium one: learn the 4 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.

Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.