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Racing With The Moon: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Johnny Watson

  • C major
  • 2/2
  • 100 BPM
  • 1941
  • Medium
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Left hand Open skyRight hand Hopscotch bellsChords 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 Racing With The Moon without reading music. The left hand plays open sky (open arpeggio 1-5-10) and the right hand hopscotch bells.

Racing With The Moon accompaniment in letter notes

The Dm – G7 – C – Ab7 loop with open sky in the left hand and hopscotch bells in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Dm
RD5 F4+A4 F4+A4
LD2 A2 F3
Bar 2
G7
RG5 B4+D5 B4+D5
LG2 D3 B3
Bar 3
C
RC5 E4+G4 E4+G4
LC3 G3 E4
Bar 4
Ab7
RAb5 C5+Eb5 Gb4 Ab4 C5 Eb5 Gb5 Ab5 C6 Eb6
LAb2 Eb3 C4
Bar 5
Dm
RD5 F4+A4 F4+A4
LD2 A2 F3
Bar 6
G7
RG5 B4+D5 B4+D5
LG2 D3 B3
Bar 7
C
RC5 E4+G4 E4+G4
LC3 G3 E4
Bar 8
Ab7
RAb5 C5+Eb5 C5+Eb5
LAb2 Eb3 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 Racing With The Moon

What are the letter notes for the Racing With The Moon 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 Dm – G7 – C – Ab7, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Racing With The Moon?

The loop is Dm – G7 – C – Ab7 (ii – V7 – I – bVI7) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.

What key is Racing With The Moon in?

C major, at about 100 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in Racing With The Moon?

Open sky: open arpeggio 1-5-10, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Racing With The Moon 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.