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Pastime Paradise: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Stevie Wonder
- Eb major
- 4/4
- 80 BPM
- 1976
- Tricky
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 Pastime Paradise without reading music. The left hand plays thunder tremolo (octave tremolo), and the right hand sings the tune.
Pastime Paradise accompaniment in letter notes
The Ab – Fm – G – Cm loop with thunder tremolo in the left hand. 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 Pastime Paradise
What are the letter notes for the Pastime Paradise 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 Ab – Fm – G – Cm, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Pastime Paradise?
The loop is Ab – Fm – G – Cm (IV – ii – III – vi) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Eb.
What key is Pastime Paradise in?
Eb major, at about 80 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Pastime Paradise?
Thunder tremolo: octave tremolo, a tricky pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Pastime Paradise easy to play on piano?
It is a tricky 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.