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Scarlet Ribbons: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Evelyn Danzig
- G major
- 4/4
- 90 BPM
- 1949
- Medium
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 Scarlet Ribbons without reading music. The left hand plays galloping seesaw (root–fifth 1-5-5-1) and the right hand bossa chords.
The catchy part of Scarlet Ribbons in letter notes
The real notes from a score, both hands, bar by bar. R is the right hand, L the left; C4 is middle C.
Scarlet Ribbons accompaniment in letter notes
The G – C – D7 – G – G – D7 – C – C – G loop with galloping seesaw in the left hand and bossa 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.
Play next
The same left hand: Galloping seesaw
Questions about Scarlet Ribbons
What are the letter notes for the Scarlet Ribbons 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 G – C – D7 – G – G – D7 – C – C – G, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Scarlet Ribbons?
The loop is G – C – D7 – G – G – D7 – C – C – G (I – IV – V7 – I – V7 – IV – I – IV – V7) in G major, and the song ends on C – D7 – G.
What key is Scarlet Ribbons in?
G major, at about 90 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Scarlet Ribbons?
Galloping seesaw: root–fifth 1-5-5-1, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Scarlet Ribbons easy to play on piano?
It is a medium one: learn the 9 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.
Can I hear the real melody of Scarlet Ribbons?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the catchy part of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from 3 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.