Piano chords · Old-time stride
Sister Susie’s Sewing Shirts For Soldiers: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Herman Darewski
- Eb major
- 2/4
- 100 BPM
- I–ii–V7–I loop
- 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 Sister Susie’s Sewing Shirts For Soldiers without reading music. The left hand plays brass-band march (lh power fifths (2/4)) and the right hand sleigh bells.
Sister Susie’s Sewing Shirts For Soldiers accompaniment in letter notes
The Eb – Fm – Bb7 – Eb loop with brass-band march in the left hand and sleigh 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 Sister Susie’s Sewing Shirts For Soldiers
What are the letter notes for the Sister Susie’s Sewing Shirts For Soldiers 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 Eb – Fm – Bb7 – Eb, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Sister Susie’s Sewing Shirts For Soldiers?
The loop is Eb – Fm – Bb7 – Eb (I – ii – V7 – I) in Eb major, and the song ends on Eb – Bb7 – Eb.
What key is Sister Susie’s Sewing Shirts For Soldiers in?
Eb major, at about 100 beats a minute in 2/4.
What does the left hand play in Sister Susie’s Sewing Shirts For Soldiers?
Brass-band march: lh power fifths (2/4), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Sister Susie’s Sewing Shirts For Soldiers 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.