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Promenade From The Dance At The Gym: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Leonard Bernstein

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Left hand Stride jumpsRight hand Late-knock chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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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 Promenade From The Dance At The Gym without reading music. The left hand plays stride jumps (stride) and the right hand late-knock chords.

Promenade From The Dance At The Gym accompaniment in letter notes

The F – C7 – F – C7 loop with stride jumps in the left hand and late-knock chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
F
RA4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5
LF2 C3+F3 F2 C3+F3
Bar 2
C7
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC3 G3+C4 C3 G3+C4
Bar 3
F
RA4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5
LF2 C3+F3 F2 C3+F3
Bar 4
C7
RE4+G4+C5 G6 E6 C6 Bb5 A5 Ab5 G5 F#5
LC3 G3+C4 C3 G3+C4
Bar 5
F
RA4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5
LF2 C3+F3 F2 C3+F3
Bar 6
C7
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC3 G3+C4 C3 G3+C4
Bar 7
F
RA4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5
LF2 C3+F3 F2 C3+F3
Bar 8
C7
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC3 G3+C4 C3 G3+C4

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 Promenade From The Dance At The Gym

What are the letter notes for the Promenade From The Dance At The Gym 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 F – C7 – F – C7, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Promenade From The Dance At The Gym?

The loop is F – C7 – F – C7 (I – V7 – I – V7) in F major, and the song ends on F – C7 – F.

What key is Promenade From The Dance At The Gym in?

F major, at about 144 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in Promenade From The Dance At The Gym?

Stride jumps: stride, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Promenade From The Dance At The Gym 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 one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.