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Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by James Brown
- E major
- 4/4
- 128 BPM
- 1965
- 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 Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag without reading music. The left hand plays lazy seesaw (root–fifth 1-5-5) and the right hand hopscotch bells.
Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag accompaniment in letter notes
The B7 – E7 – A7 – E7 loop with lazy seesaw 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 Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag
What are the letter notes for the Papa’s Got A Brand New 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 B7 – E7 – A7 – E7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag?
The loop is B7 – E7 – A7 – E7 (V7 – I7 – IV7 – I7) in E major, and the song ends on A – B – E.
What key is Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag in?
E major, at about 128 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag?
Lazy seesaw: root–fifth 1-5-5, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag 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.