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Some Girls: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

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Left hand Bossa swayRight hand Ticking clockChords 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 Some Girls without reading music. The left hand plays bossa sway (root bass · bossa (1 · 2& · 3 · 4&)) and the right hand ticking clock.

Some Girls accompaniment in letter notes

The A – D – A – D loop with bossa sway in the left hand and ticking clock in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
A
RA3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3
LA2 A2 A2 A2
Bar 2
D
RD4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4
LD2 D2 D2 D2
Bar 3
A
RA3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3
LA2 A2 A2 A2
Bar 4
D
RD4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4 F#6 E6 D6 C#6 B5 A5 G#5 F#5
LD2 D2 D2 D2
Bar 5
A
RA3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3
LA2 A2 A2 A2
Bar 6
D
RD4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4
LD2 D2 D2 D2
Bar 7
A
RA3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3
LA2 A2 A2 A2
Bar 8
D
RD4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4
LD2 D2 D2 D2

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 Some Girls

What are the letter notes for the Some Girls 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 A – D – A – D, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Some Girls?

The loop is A – D – A – D (I – IV – I – IV) in A major, and the song ends on D – E – A.

What key is Some Girls in?

A major, at about 90 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Some Girls?

Bossa sway: root bass · bossa (1 · 2& · 3 · 4&), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Some Girls 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.