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Summer, Highland Falls: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
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- F major
- 2/2
- 120 BPM
- IV–I–ii–IV 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 Summer, Highland Falls without reading music. The left hand plays power fifths (lh power fifths) and the right hand circling light.
Summer, Highland Falls accompaniment in letter notes
The Bb – F – Gm – Bb loop with power fifths in the left hand and circling light 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 Summer, Highland Falls
What are the letter notes for the Summer, Highland Falls 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 – Bb, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Summer, Highland Falls?
The loop is Bb – F – Gm – Bb (IV – I – ii – IV) in F major, and the song ends on C – Bb – F.
What key is Summer, Highland Falls in?
F major, at about 120 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in Summer, Highland Falls?
Power fifths: lh power fifths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Summer, Highland Falls 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.