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The Frim Fram Sauce: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Nat King Cole

  • Bb major
  • 4/4
  • 100 BPM
  • 1946
  • Easy
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Left hand Happy wiggleRight hand Skip-and-stroll chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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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 Frim Fram Sauce without reading music. The left hand plays happy wiggle (broken chord 1-5-6-5) and the right hand skip-and-stroll chords.

The Frim Fram Sauce accompaniment in letter notes

The F7 – Bb – C7 – Gm loop with happy wiggle in the left hand and skip-and-stroll chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
F7
RC5+F5 C5+F5 C5+F5 C5+F5 C5+F5
LF2 C3 D3 C3
Bar 2
Bb
RF4+Bb4 F4+Bb4 F4+Bb4 F4+Bb4 F4+Bb4
LBb2 F3 G3 F3
Bar 3
C7
RG4+C5 G4+C5 G4+C5 G4+C5 G4+C5
LC3 G3 A3 G3
Bar 4
Gm
RD5+G5 D5+G5 D5+G5 G4 Bb4 D5 G5 Bb5 D6 G6 Bb6
LG2 D3 E3 D3
Bar 5
F7
RC5+F5 C5+F5 C5+F5 C5+F5 C5+F5
LF2 C3 D3 C3
Bar 6
Bb
RF4+Bb4 F4+Bb4 F4+Bb4 F4+Bb4 F4+Bb4
LBb2 F3 G3 F3
Bar 7
C7
RG4+C5 G4+C5 G4+C5 G4+C5 G4+C5
LC3 G3 A3 G3
Bar 8
Gm
RD5+G5 D5+G5 D5+G5 D5+G5 D5+G5
LG2 D3 E3 D3

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 Frim Fram Sauce

What are the letter notes for the The Frim Fram Sauce 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 – C7 – Gm, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in The Frim Fram Sauce?

The loop is F7 – Bb – C7 – Gm (V7 – I – II7 – vi) in Bb major, and the song ends on Cm – F7 – Bb.

What key is The Frim Fram Sauce in?

Bb major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in The Frim Fram Sauce?

Happy wiggle: broken chord 1-5-6-5, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is The Frim Fram Sauce 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.