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Shoo Fly Pie And Apple Pan Dowdy: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Dinah Shore

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Left hand Lazy footstepsThe right hand sings the tuneChords the loop the song repeats most

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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 Shoo Fly Pie And Apple Pan Dowdy without reading music. The left hand plays lazy footsteps (root bass · 1 · 3 · 4), and the right hand sings the tune.

Shoo Fly Pie And Apple Pan Dowdy accompaniment in letter notes

The F – Bb – F – Bb loop with lazy footsteps in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
F
RF4+A4+C5
LF2 F3 F2
Bar 2
Bb
RBb3+D4+F4
LBb2 Bb3 Bb2
Bar 3
F
RF4+A4+C5
LF2 F3 F2
Bar 4
Bb
RBb3+D4+F4 E4 F4 G4 A4 Bb4 C5 D5 E5
LBb2 Bb3 Bb2
Bar 5
F
RF4+A4+C5
LF2 F3 F2
Bar 6
Bb
RBb3+D4+F4
LBb2 Bb3 Bb2
Bar 7
F
RF4+A4+C5
LF2 F3 F2
Bar 8
Bb
RBb3+D4+F4
LBb2 Bb3 Bb2

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 Shoo Fly Pie And Apple Pan Dowdy

What are the letter notes for the Shoo Fly Pie And Apple Pan Dowdy 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 F – Bb – F – Bb, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Shoo Fly Pie And Apple Pan Dowdy?

The loop is F – Bb – F – Bb (I – IV – I – IV) in F major, and the song ends on F – Bb – F.

What key is Shoo Fly Pie And Apple Pan Dowdy in?

F major, at about 96 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in Shoo Fly Pie And Apple Pan Dowdy?

Lazy footsteps: root bass · 1 · 3 · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Shoo Fly Pie And Apple Pan Dowdy easy to play on piano?

Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 4 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.

Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.