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So Small: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

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Left hand Pausing footstepsRight hand Bouncy-ball chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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 So Small without reading music. The left hand plays pausing footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 3) and the right hand bouncy-ball chords.

So Small accompaniment in letter notes

The Cm – Absus4 – Eb – Bb loop with pausing footsteps in the left hand and bouncy-ball chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Cm
RG4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5
LC3 C3 C4
Bar 2
Absus4
REb5+Ab5+Db6 Eb5+Ab5+Db6 Eb5+Ab5+Db6 Eb5+Ab5+Db6 Eb5+Ab5+Db6
LAb2 Ab2 Ab3
Bar 3
Eb
RBb4+Eb5+G5 Bb4+Eb5+G5 Bb4+Eb5+G5 Bb4+Eb5+G5 Bb4+Eb5+G5
LEb2 Eb2 Eb3
Bar 4
Bb
RF4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 D4 Eb4 F4 G4 Ab4 Bb4 C5 D5
LBb2 Bb2 Bb3
Bar 5
Cm
RG4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5
LC3 C3 C4
Bar 6
Absus4
REb5+Ab5+Db6 Eb5+Ab5+Db6 Eb5+Ab5+Db6 Eb5+Ab5+Db6 Eb5+Ab5+Db6
LAb2 Ab2 Ab3
Bar 7
Eb
RBb4+Eb5+G5 Bb4+Eb5+G5 Bb4+Eb5+G5 Bb4+Eb5+G5 Bb4+Eb5+G5
LEb2 Eb2 Eb3
Bar 8
Bb
RF4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5
LBb2 Bb2 Bb3

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 So Small

What are the letter notes for the So Small 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 Cm – Absus4 – Eb – Bb, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in So Small?

The loop is Cm – Absus4 – Eb – Bb (vi – IVsus – I – V) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Eb.

What key is So Small in?

Eb major, at about 160 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in So Small?

Pausing footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is So Small 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.