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The Ghetto: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

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Left hand Freeze-tag footstepsRight hand Ticking clockChords the loop the song repeats most

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 Ghetto without reading music. The left hand plays freeze-tag footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 2&) and the right hand ticking clock.

The Ghetto accompaniment in letter notes

The Bbm – Eb7 – Bbm – Eb7 loop with freeze-tag footsteps in the left hand and ticking clock in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Bbm
RBb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 2
Eb7
REb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4
LEb2 Eb2 Eb2
Bar 3
Bbm
RBb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 4
Eb7
REb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 F4 G4 Ab4 Bb4 C5 Db5 Eb5
LEb2 Eb2 Eb2
Bar 5
Bbm
RBb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 6
Eb7
REb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4
LEb2 Eb2 Eb2
Bar 7
Bbm
RBb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 8
Eb7
REb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4
LEb2 Eb2 Eb2

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 Ghetto

What are the letter notes for the The Ghetto 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 Bbm – Eb7 – Bbm – Eb7, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in The Ghetto?

The loop is Bbm – Eb7 – Bbm – Eb7 (ii – V7 – ii – V7) in Ab major, and the song ends on Db – Eb – Ab.

What key is The Ghetto in?

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

What does the left hand play in The Ghetto?

Freeze-tag footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 2&, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is The Ghetto 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.