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Stardust: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
- D major
- 4/4
- 110 BPM
- 1928
- Medium
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 Stardust without reading music. The left hand plays lazy seesaw (root–fifth 1-5-5) and the right hand sunrise.
The main tune of Stardust in letter notes
The real notes from a score, both hands, bar by bar. R is the right hand, L the left; C4 is middle C.
Stardust accompaniment in letter notes
The Gm – Em7 – Em7 – Gm – D – F#m7 – B7 loop with lazy seesaw in the left hand and sunrise 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 Stardust
What are the letter notes for the Stardust 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 Gm – Em7 – Em7 – Gm – D – F#m7 – B7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Stardust?
The loop is Gm – Em7 – Em7 – Gm – D – F#m7 – B7 (iv – ii7 – iv – I – iii7 – VI7 – iv) in D major, and the song ends on G – A – D.
What key is Stardust in?
D major, at about 110 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Stardust?
Lazy seesaw: root–fifth 1-5-5, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Stardust easy to play on piano?
It is a medium one: learn the 7 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.
Can I hear the real melody of Stardust?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the main tune of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from 4 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.