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Second Hand Rose: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Grant Clarke
- F major
- 2/2
- 160 BPM
- 2018
- 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 Second Hand Rose without reading music. The left hand plays power fifths (lh power fifths) and the right hand hopscotch bells.
The catchy part of Second Hand Rose 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.
Second Hand Rose accompaniment in letter notes
The Gm – Cm – Gm – Cm – Gm – Cm – Gm – Gm – Gdim loop with power fifths in the left hand and hopscotch bells 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 Second Hand Rose
What are the letter notes for the Second Hand Rose 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 Gm – Cm – Gm – Cm – Gm – Cm – Gm – Gm – Gdim, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Second Hand Rose?
The loop is Gm – Cm – Gm – Cm – Gm – Cm – Gm – Gm – Gdim (ii – v – ii – v – ii – v – ii – ii° – ii) in F major, and the song ends on Gm – C7 – F.
What key is Second Hand Rose in?
F major, at about 160 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in Second Hand Rose?
Power fifths: lh power fifths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Second Hand Rose 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 Second Hand Rose?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the catchy part of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.