Piano chords · Pop heartbeat
San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair): easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by John Phillips
- E minor
- 4/4
- 80 BPM
- i–bVI–bIII–bVII loop
- 1967
- 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 San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair) without reading music. The left hand plays pop heartbeat (root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3)) and the right hand drip-drop slide.
San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair) accompaniment in letter notes
The Em – C – G – D loop with pop heartbeat in the left hand and drip-drop slide 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 San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair)
What are the letter notes for the San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair) 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 Em – C – G – D, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair)?
The loop is Em – C – G – D (i – bVI – bIII – bVII) in E minor, and the song ends on C#m – A – E.
What key is San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair) in?
E minor, at about 80 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair)?
Pop heartbeat: root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair) 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.