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Ready: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

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Left hand Tick-tick-boom pulseRight hand Zigzag chordsChords 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 Ready without reading music. The left hand plays tick-tick-boom pulse (root bass · 8ths 1-2, 3-4) and the right hand zigzag chords.

Ready accompaniment in letter notes

The D – C – G – D loop with tick-tick-boom pulse in the left hand and zigzag chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
D
RA4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5
LD2 D2 D3 D2 D2 D3
Bar 2
C
RG4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5
LC3 C3 C4 C3 C3 C4
Bar 3
G
RD5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5
LG2 G2 G3 G2 G2 G3
Bar 4
D
RA4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 C4 D4 E4 F#4 G4 A4 B4 C5
LD2 D2 D3 D2 D2 D3
Bar 5
D
RA4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5
LD2 D2 D3 D2 D2 D3
Bar 6
C
RG4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5
LC3 C3 C4 C3 C3 C4
Bar 7
G
RD5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5
LG2 G2 G3 G2 G2 G3
Bar 8
D
RA4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5
LD2 D2 D3 D2 D2 D3

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 Ready

What are the letter notes for the Ready 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 D – C – G – D, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Ready?

The loop is D – C – G – D (V – IV – I – V) in G major, and the song ends on C – D – G.

What key is Ready in?

G major, at about 88 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Ready?

Tick-tick-boom pulse: root bass · 8ths 1-2, 3-4, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Ready 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.