Piano chords · Old-time stride
Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
- G major
- 2/4
- 78 BPM
- I–II7–V7–I loop
- Medium
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 Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet without reading music. The left hand plays ragtime bounce (boom-chick (2/4)) and the right hand clockwork chords.
Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet accompaniment in letter notes
The G – A7 – D7 – G loop with ragtime bounce in the left hand and clockwork chords 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 Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet
What are the letter notes for the Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet 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 G – A7 – D7 – G, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet?
The loop is G – A7 – D7 – G (I – II7 – V7 – I) in G major, and the song ends on A7 – D7 – G.
What key is Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet in?
G major, at about 78 beats a minute in 2/4.
What does the left hand play in Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet?
Ragtime bounce: boom-chick (2/4), a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet 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.