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She's Got A Way (arr. Phillip Keveren): easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Billy Joel
- G major
- 4/4
- 72 BPM
- 1971
- Easy
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 She's Got A Way (arr. Phillip Keveren) without reading music. The left hand plays lazy footsteps (root bass · 1 · 3 · 4) and the right hand steady chords.
The repeating figure of She's Got A Way (arr. Phillip Keveren) 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.
She's Got A Way (arr. Phillip Keveren) accompaniment in letter notes
The C – D – C – D – G – D – Em – G7 loop with lazy footsteps in the left hand and steady 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 She's Got A Way (arr. Phillip Keveren)
What are the letter notes for the She's Got A Way (arr. Phillip Keveren) 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 C – D – C – D – G – D – Em – G7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in She's Got A Way (arr. Phillip Keveren)?
The loop is C – D – C – D – G – D – Em – G7 (IV – V – IV – V – I – V – vi – I7) in G major, and the song ends on C – D – G.
What key is She's Got A Way (arr. Phillip Keveren) in?
G major, at about 72 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in She's Got A Way (arr. Phillip Keveren)?
Lazy footsteps: root bass · 1 · 3 · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is She's Got A Way (arr. Phillip Keveren) easy to play on piano?
Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 8 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.
Can I hear the real melody of She's Got A Way (arr. Phillip Keveren)?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the repeating figure of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from 4 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.