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Pink Elephants On Parade: piano accompaniment sheet music
Written by Oliver Wallace
- A minor
- 6/8
- 150 BPM
- 1941
- Medium
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Pink Elephants On Parade written out as piano music: the i – bVI7 – i – bVI7 loop in A minor for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays swelling 6/8 (open arpeggio 1-5-8-10-8-5 (6/8)), and the right hand sings the tune.
Pink Elephants On Parade chord chart
The loop once round, bar by bar, in A minor. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.
| Bar | Chord | Numeral | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Am | i | A C E |
| 2 | F7 | VI7 | F A C Eb |
| 3 | Am | i | A C E |
| 4 | F7 | VI7 | F A C Eb |
What the sheet music shows
The grand staff: the right hand on the treble staff, the left hand on the bass staff, with the chord names above and a finger number on each note (1 is the thumb). It is the accompaniment: swelling 6/8 (open arpeggio 1-5-8-10-8-5 (6/8)) in the left hand, with the right hand free for the melody, over the Am – F7 – Am – F7 chords.
Press play and a cursor follows the music. Above it, Colours paints each note in its key’s colour and Note names writes its letter on its head.
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Questions about Pink Elephants On Parade
Does the sheet music for Pink Elephants On Parade have finger numbers?
Yes: every note of both hands has its finger number, 1 being the thumb. To read the notes alone, turn Fingers off above the music.
What chords are in Pink Elephants On Parade?
The loop is Am – F7 – Am – F7 (i – bVI7 – i – bVI7) in A minor, and the song ends on F – G – Am.
What key is Pink Elephants On Parade in?
A minor, at about 150 beats a minute in 6/8.
What does the left hand play in Pink Elephants On Parade?
Swelling 6/8: open arpeggio 1-5-8-10-8-5 (6/8), a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Pink Elephants On Parade 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.