Piano chords · Old-time stride
The Game: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Adler & Ross
- A major
- 2/4
- 100 BPM
- V7–I–V7–I loop
- 1955
- 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 The Game without reading music. The left hand plays brass-band march (lh power fifths (2/4)) and the right hand sleigh bells.
The Game accompaniment in letter notes
The E7 – A – E7 – A loop with brass-band march in the left hand and sleigh bells 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 The Game
What are the letter notes for the The 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 E7 – A – E7 – A, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in The Game?
The loop is E7 – A – E7 – A (V7 – I – V7 – I) in A major, and the song ends on Bm – E – A.
What key is The Game in?
A major, at about 100 beats a minute in 2/4.
What does the left hand play in The Game?
Brass-band march: lh power fifths (2/4), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is The Game 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.