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The Jolly Miller: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by English Folksong
- G minor
- 6/8
- 120 BPM
- 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 Jolly Miller without reading music. The left hand plays pirate-ship sway (lh chords (6/8)) and the right hand hammock chords.
The Jolly Miller accompaniment in letter notes
The Gm – D7 – Gm – F loop with pirate-ship sway in the left hand and hammock chords 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 Jolly Miller
What are the letter notes for the The Jolly Miller 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 Gm – D7 – Gm – F, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in The Jolly Miller?
The loop is Gm – D7 – Gm – F (i – V7 – i – bVII) in G minor, and the song ends on Eb – F – Gm.
What key is The Jolly Miller in?
G minor, at about 120 beats a minute in 6/8.
What does the left hand play in The Jolly Miller?
Pirate-ship sway: lh chords (6/8), a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is The Jolly Miller 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.