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The Man On The Flying Trapeze: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

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Left hand Oom-pah-pahRight hand Waltz chordsChords 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 Man On The Flying Trapeze without reading music. The left hand plays oom-pah-pah (waltz oom-pah-pah) and the right hand waltz chords.

The Man On The Flying Trapeze accompaniment in letter notes

The Am – D7 – G – C loop with oom-pah-pah in the left hand and waltz chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Am
RA3+C4+E4 A3+C4+E4 A3+C4+E4
LA2 C3+E3 C3+E3
Bar 2
D7
RD4+F#4+A4 D4+F#4+A4 D4+F#4+A4
LD2 F#2+A2 F#2+A2
Bar 3
G
RG4+B4+D5 G4+B4+D5 G4+B4+D5
LG2 B2+D3 B2+D3
Bar 4
C
RC4+E4+G4 E4 G4 C5 E5 G5 C6 E6 G6
LC3 E3+G3 E3+G3
Bar 5
Am
RA3+C4+E4 A3+C4+E4 A3+C4+E4
LA2 C3+E3 C3+E3
Bar 6
D7
RD4+F#4+A4 D4+F#4+A4 D4+F#4+A4
LD2 F#2+A2 F#2+A2
Bar 7
G
RG4+B4+D5 G4+B4+D5 G4+B4+D5
LG2 B2+D3 B2+D3
Bar 8
C
RC4+E4+G4 C4+E4+G4 C4+E4+G4
LC3 E3+G3 E3+G3

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 Man On The Flying Trapeze

What are the letter notes for the The Man On The Flying Trapeze 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 Am – D7 – G – C, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in The Man On The Flying Trapeze?

The loop is Am – D7 – G – C (ii – V7 – I – IV) in G major, and the song ends on C – D – G.

What key is The Man On The Flying Trapeze in?

G major, at about 135 beats a minute in 3/4.

What does the left hand play in The Man On The Flying Trapeze?

Oom-pah-pah: waltz oom-pah-pah, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is The Man On The Flying Trapeze 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 one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.