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The Bear Went Over The Mountain: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by 19th Century American
- D major
- 6/8
- 135 BPM
- I–IV–I–V7 loop
- 2000
- 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 The Bear Went Over The Mountain 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.
The Bear Went Over The Mountain accompaniment in letter notes
The D – G – D – A7 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.
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Questions about The Bear Went Over The Mountain
What are the letter notes for the The Bear Went Over The Mountain 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 – A7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in The Bear Went Over The Mountain?
The loop is D – G – D – A7 (I – IV – I – V7) in D major, and the song ends on D – A7 – D.
What key is The Bear Went Over The Mountain in?
D major, at about 135 beats a minute in 6/8.
What does the left hand play in The Bear Went Over The Mountain?
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 The Bear Went Over The Mountain 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.