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Straight Up & Down: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
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- C major
- 2/2
- 138 BPM
- 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 Straight Up & Down without reading music. The left hand plays bounce-back seesaw (root–fifth 1-1-5-1) and the right hand steady chords.
Straight Up & Down accompaniment in letter notes
The C – Em – F – Dm loop with bounce-back seesaw 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 Straight Up & Down
What are the letter notes for the Straight Up & Down 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 – Em – F – Dm, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Straight Up & Down?
The loop is C – Em – F – Dm (I – iii – IV – ii) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.
What key is Straight Up & Down in?
C major, at about 138 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in Straight Up & Down?
Bounce-back seesaw: root–fifth 1-1-5-1, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Straight Up & Down 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.