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Take Me Out To The Ball Game: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Albert von Tilzer

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Left hand Oom-pah-pahRight hand Waltz chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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 Take Me Out To The Ball Game without reading music. The left hand plays oom-pah-pah (waltz oom-pah-pah) and the right hand waltz chords.

Take Me Out To The Ball Game accompaniment in letter notes

The F7 – Bb – F7 – Bb loop with oom-pah-pah in the left hand and waltz chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
F7
RF4+A4+C5 F4+A4+C5 F4+A4+C5
LF2 A2+C3 A2+C3
Bar 2
Bb
RBb3+D4+F4 Bb3+D4+F4 Bb3+D4+F4
LBb2 D3+F3 D3+F3
Bar 3
F7
RF4+A4+C5 F4+A4+C5 F4+A4+C5
LF2 A2+C3 A2+C3
Bar 4
Bb
RBb3+D4+F4 F4 Bb4 D5 F5 Bb5 D6 F6 Bb6
LBb2 D3+F3 D3+F3
Bar 5
F7
RF4+A4+C5 F4+A4+C5 F4+A4+C5
LF2 A2+C3 A2+C3
Bar 6
Bb
RBb3+D4+F4 Bb3+D4+F4 Bb3+D4+F4
LBb2 D3+F3 D3+F3
Bar 7
F7
RF4+A4+C5 F4+A4+C5 F4+A4+C5
LF2 A2+C3 A2+C3
Bar 8
Bb
RBb3+D4+F4 Bb3+D4+F4 Bb3+D4+F4
LBb2 D3+F3 D3+F3

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 Take Me Out To The Ball Game

What are the letter notes for the Take Me Out To The Ball Game 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 F7 – Bb – F7 – Bb, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Take Me Out To The Ball Game?

The loop is F7 – Bb – F7 – Bb (V7 – I – V7 – I) in Bb major, and the song ends on Bb – F7 – Bb.

What key is Take Me Out To The Ball Game in?

Bb major, at about 144 beats a minute in 3/4.

What does the left hand play in Take Me Out To The Ball Game?

Oom-pah-pah: waltz oom-pah-pah, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Take Me Out To The Ball Game 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.