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Ooh Child: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Donnie McClurkin

  • F major
  • 4/4
  • 120 BPM
  • Medium
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Left hand Tick-tick-boom pulseThe right hand sings the tuneChords 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 Ooh Child without reading music. The left hand plays tick-tick-boom pulse (root bass · 8ths 1-2, 3-4), and the right hand sings the tune.

Ooh Child accompaniment in letter notes

The Bb – Fsus4 – Gm – Bb loop with tick-tick-boom pulse in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Bb
RBb3+D4+F4
LBb2 Bb2 Bb3 Bb2 Bb2 Bb3
Bar 2
Fsus4
RF4+Bb4+C5
LF2 F2 F3 F2 F2 F3
Bar 3
Gm
RG4+Bb4+D5
LG2 G2 G3 G2 G2 G3
Bar 4
Bb
RBb3+D4+F4 E4 F4 G4 A4 Bb4 C5 D5 E5
LBb2 Bb2 Bb3 Bb2 Bb2 Bb3
Bar 5
Bb
RBb3+D4+F4
LBb2 Bb2 Bb3 Bb2 Bb2 Bb3
Bar 6
Fsus4
RF4+Bb4+C5
LF2 F2 F3 F2 F2 F3
Bar 7
Gm
RG4+Bb4+D5
LG2 G2 G3 G2 G2 G3
Bar 8
Bb
RBb3+D4+F4
LBb2 Bb2 Bb3 Bb2 Bb2 Bb3

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 Ooh Child

What are the letter notes for the Ooh Child 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 Bb – Fsus4 – Gm – Bb, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Ooh Child?

The loop is Bb – Fsus4 – Gm – Bb (IV – Isus – ii – IV) in F major, and the song ends on Bb – C – F.

What key is Ooh Child in?

F major, at about 120 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Ooh Child?

Tick-tick-boom pulse: root bass · 8ths 1-2, 3-4, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Ooh Child 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.