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Scarborough Fair/Canticle: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
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- E minor
- 3/4
- 120 BPM
- 1966
- 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 Scarborough Fair/Canticle without reading music. The left hand plays swan glide (broken chord 1-3-5-3-5-3 (3/4)), and the right hand sings the tune.
Scarborough Fair/Canticle accompaniment in letter notes
The Em – C – G – D loop with swan glide in the left hand. 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 Scarborough Fair/Canticle
What are the letter notes for the Scarborough Fair/Canticle 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 Scarborough Fair/Canticle?
The loop is Em – C – G – D (i – VI – III – VII) in E minor, and the song ends on C – D – Em.
What key is Scarborough Fair/Canticle in?
E minor, at about 120 beats a minute in 3/4.
What does the left hand play in Scarborough Fair/Canticle?
Swan glide: broken chord 1-3-5-3-5-3 (3/4), a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Scarborough Fair/Canticle 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.