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Start A Band: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Brad Paisley
- F major
- 4/4
- 130 BPM
- V–IV–I–V loop
- 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 Start A Band without reading music. The left hand plays dawdling footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 3& · 4) and the right hand pumping chords.
Start A Band accompaniment in letter notes
The C – Bb – F – C loop with dawdling footsteps in the left hand and pumping 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 Start A Band
What are the letter notes for the Start A Band 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 C – Bb – F – C, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Start A Band?
The loop is C – Bb – F – C (V – IV – I – V) in F major, and the song ends on C – Bb – F.
What key is Start A Band in?
F major, at about 130 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Start A Band?
Dawdling footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3& · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Start A Band 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.