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Syrup & Honey: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Aimee Duffy & Bernard Butler
- D major
- 6/8
- 63 BPM
- 2007
- Medium
Play the full song with sheet music
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 Syrup & Honey without reading music. The left hand plays swelling 6/8 (open arpeggio 1-5-8-10-8-5 (6/8)), and the right hand sings the tune.
Syrup & Honey accompaniment in letter notes
The D – G – D – D7 loop with swelling 6/8 in the left hand. 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.
Questions about Syrup & Honey
What are the letter notes for the Syrup & Honey 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 D – G – D – D7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Syrup & Honey?
The loop is D – G – D – D7 (I – IV – I – I7) in D major, and the song ends on G – A – D.
What key is Syrup & Honey in?
D major, at about 63 beats a minute in 6/8.
What does the left hand play in Syrup & Honey?
Swelling 6/8: open arpeggio 1-5-8-10-8-5 (6/8), a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Syrup & Honey 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.