Piano chords · Blues & boogie
Saturday Night Fish Fry: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Ellis Walsh & Louis Jordan
- Bb major
- 2/2
- 160 BPM
- i–bVI7–V7–i loop
- 1949
- 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 Saturday Night Fish Fry without reading music. The left hand plays boogie walker (boogie-woogie line) and the right hand eager chords.
Saturday Night Fish Fry accompaniment in letter notes
The Bbm – Gb7 – F7 – Bbm loop with boogie walker in the left hand and eager chords 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 Saturday Night Fish Fry
What are the letter notes for the Saturday Night Fish Fry 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 Bbm – Gb7 – F7 – Bbm, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Saturday Night Fish Fry?
The loop is Bbm – Gb7 – F7 – Bbm (i – bVI7 – V7 – i) in Bb major, and the song ends on Eb – F – Bb.
What key is Saturday Night Fish Fry in?
Bb major, at about 160 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in Saturday Night Fish Fry?
Boogie walker: boogie-woogie line, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Saturday Night Fish Fry 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.