Piano chords · Old-time stride
Pack Up Your Troubles In Your Old Kit Bag: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Felix Powell
- G major
- 2/4
- 110 BPM
- I–V7–I–IV loop
- Medium
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 Pack Up Your Troubles In Your Old Kit Bag without reading music. The left hand plays ragtime bounce (boom-chick (2/4)) and the right hand marching chords.
Pack Up Your Troubles In Your Old Kit Bag accompaniment in letter notes
The G – D7 – G – C loop with ragtime bounce in the left hand and marching 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.
Play next
The same I–V7–I–IV loop
Questions about Pack Up Your Troubles In Your Old Kit Bag
What are the letter notes for the Pack Up Your Troubles In Your Old Kit Bag 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 G – D7 – G – C, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Pack Up Your Troubles In Your Old Kit Bag?
The loop is G – D7 – G – C (I – V7 – I – IV) in G major, and the song ends on C – D – G.
What key is Pack Up Your Troubles In Your Old Kit Bag in?
G major, at about 110 beats a minute in 2/4.
What does the left hand play in Pack Up Your Troubles In Your Old Kit Bag?
Ragtime bounce: boom-chick (2/4), a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Pack Up Your Troubles In Your Old Kit Bag 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.