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Please Come To Boston: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Dave Loggins

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Left hand Yo-yo bounceRight hand Offbeat skankChords 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 Please Come To Boston without reading music. The left hand plays yo-yo bounce (broken chord 8-5-8) and the right hand offbeat skank.

Please Come To Boston accompaniment in letter notes

The Eb – F – Bb – Gm loop with yo-yo bounce in the left hand and offbeat skank in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Eb
RG4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5
LEb3 Bb2 Eb3
Bar 2
F
RA4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5
LF3 C3 F3
Bar 3
Bb
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4
LBb3 F3 Bb3
Bar 4
Gm
RBb4+D5+G5 Bb4+D5+G5 G4 Bb4 D5 G5 Bb5 D6 G6 Bb6
LG3 D3 G3
Bar 5
Eb
RG4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5
LEb3 Bb2 Eb3
Bar 6
F
RA4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5
LF3 C3 F3
Bar 7
Bb
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4
LBb3 F3 Bb3
Bar 8
Gm
RBb4+D5+G5 Bb4+D5+G5 Bb4+D5+G5 Bb4+D5+G5
LG3 D3 G3

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 Please Come To Boston

What are the letter notes for the Please Come To Boston 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 Eb – F – Bb – Gm, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Please Come To Boston?

The loop is Eb – F – Bb – Gm (IV – V – I – vi) in Bb major, and the song ends on Eb – F – Bb.

What key is Please Come To Boston in?

Bb major, at about 130 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Please Come To Boston?

Yo-yo bounce: broken chord 8-5-8, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Please Come To Boston 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.