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Rose Of The Rio Grande: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

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  • F major
  • 2/2
  • 100 BPM
  • Medium
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Left hand Lazy footstepsRight hand Double-skip chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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 Rose Of The Rio Grande without reading music. The left hand plays lazy footsteps (root bass · 1 · 3 · 4) and the right hand double-skip chords.

Rose Of The Rio Grande accompaniment in letter notes

The Dm – Gm – Dm – Am loop with lazy footsteps in the left hand and double-skip chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Dm
RD4+F4+A4 D4+F4+A4 D4+F4+A4 D4+F4+A4 D4+F4+A4 D4+F4+A4
LD2 D3 D2
Bar 2
Gm
RG4+Bb4+D5 G4+Bb4+D5 G4+Bb4+D5 G4+Bb4+D5 G4+Bb4+D5 G4+Bb4+D5
LG2 G3 G2
Bar 3
Dm
RD4+F4+A4 D4+F4+A4 D4+F4+A4 D4+F4+A4 D4+F4+A4 D4+F4+A4
LD2 D3 D2
Bar 4
Am
RA3+C4+E4 A3+C4+E4 A3+C4+E4 E4 F4 G4 A4 Bb4 C5 D5 E5
LA2 A3 A2
Bar 5
Dm
RD4+F4+A4 D4+F4+A4 D4+F4+A4 D4+F4+A4 D4+F4+A4 D4+F4+A4
LD2 D3 D2
Bar 6
Gm
RG4+Bb4+D5 G4+Bb4+D5 G4+Bb4+D5 G4+Bb4+D5 G4+Bb4+D5 G4+Bb4+D5
LG2 G3 G2
Bar 7
Dm
RD4+F4+A4 D4+F4+A4 D4+F4+A4 D4+F4+A4 D4+F4+A4 D4+F4+A4
LD2 D3 D2
Bar 8
Am
RA3+C4+E4 A3+C4+E4 A3+C4+E4 A3+C4+E4 A3+C4+E4 A3+C4+E4
LA2 A3 A2

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 Rose Of The Rio Grande

What are the letter notes for the Rose Of The Rio Grande 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 – Gm – Dm – Am, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Rose Of The Rio Grande?

The loop is Dm – Gm – Dm – Am (vi – ii – vi – iii) in F major, and the song ends on F – Bb – F.

What key is Rose Of The Rio Grande in?

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

What does the left hand play in Rose Of The Rio Grande?

Lazy footsteps: root bass · 1 · 3 · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Rose Of The Rio Grande 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.