Piano chords · Old-time stride
Soon: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
- Bb major
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- I–V–vi–iii loop
- 1929
- 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 Soon without reading music. The left hand plays stride jumps (stride) and the right hand steady chords.
Soon accompaniment in letter notes
The Bb – F – Gm – Dm loop with stride jumps 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 Soon
What are the letter notes for the Soon 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 Bb – F – Gm – Dm, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Soon?
The loop is Bb – F – Gm – Dm (I – V – vi – iii) in Bb major, and the song ends on Eb – F – Bb.
What key is Soon in?
Bb major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Soon?
Stride jumps: stride, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Soon 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 3 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.