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Red Roses For A Blue Lady: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

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  • A minor
  • 2/2
  • 130 BPM
  • Medium
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Left hand Rolling wavesRight 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 Red Roses For A Blue Lady without reading music. The left hand plays rolling waves (open arpeggio 1-5-10-5) and the right hand hopscotch bells.

Red Roses For A Blue Lady accompaniment in letter notes

The G7 – Adim – G7 – C loop with rolling waves in the left hand and hopscotch bells in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
G7
RG5 B4+D5 B4+D5
LG2 D3 B3 D3
Bar 2
Adim
RA4 C4+Eb4 C4+Eb4
LA2 Eb3 C4 Eb3
Bar 3
G7
RG5 B4+D5 B4+D5
LG2 D3 B3 D3
Bar 4
C
RC5 E4+G4 E4 G4 C5 E5 G5 C6 E6 G6
LC3 G3 E4 G3
Bar 5
G7
RG5 B4+D5 B4+D5
LG2 D3 B3 D3
Bar 6
Adim
RA4 C4+Eb4 C4+Eb4
LA2 Eb3 C4 Eb3
Bar 7
G7
RG5 B4+D5 B4+D5
LG2 D3 B3 D3
Bar 8
C
RC5 E4+G4 E4+G4
LC3 G3 E4 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 Red Roses For A Blue Lady

What are the letter notes for the Red Roses For A Blue Lady 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 G7 – Adim – G7 – C, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Red Roses For A Blue Lady?

The loop is G7 – Adim – G7 – C (bVII7 – io – bVII7 – bIII) in A minor, and the song ends on F – G – Am.

What key is Red Roses For A Blue Lady in?

A minor, at about 130 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in Red Roses For A Blue Lady?

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

Is Red Roses For A Blue Lady 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.