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The Shoop Shoop Song: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

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Left hand Bossa swayRight 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 Shoop Shoop Song without reading music. The left hand plays bossa sway (root bass · bossa (1 · 2& · 3 · 4&)) and the right hand ticking clock.

The Shoop Shoop Song accompaniment in letter notes

The Bm – E7 – Bm – E7 loop with bossa sway in the left hand and ticking clock in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Bm
RF#4 F#4 F#4 F#4 F#4 F#4
LB2 B2 B2 B2
Bar 2
E7
RB4 B4 B4 B4 B4 B4
LE2 E2 E2 E2
Bar 3
Bm
RF#4 F#4 F#4 F#4 F#4 F#4
LB2 B2 B2 B2
Bar 4
E7
RB4 B4 B4 E6 D6 C#6 B5 A5 G#5 F#5 E5
LE2 E2 E2 E2
Bar 5
Bm
RF#4 F#4 F#4 F#4 F#4 F#4
LB2 B2 B2 B2
Bar 6
E7
RB4 B4 B4 B4 B4 B4
LE2 E2 E2 E2
Bar 7
Bm
RF#4 F#4 F#4 F#4 F#4 F#4
LB2 B2 B2 B2
Bar 8
E7
RB4 B4 B4 B4 B4 B4
LE2 E2 E2 E2

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 Shoop Shoop Song

What are the letter notes for the The Shoop Shoop Song 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 Bm – E7 – Bm – E7, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in The Shoop Shoop Song?

The loop is Bm – E7 – Bm – E7 (ii – V7 – ii – V7) in A major, and the song ends on A – D – A.

What key is The Shoop Shoop Song in?

A major, at about 130 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in The Shoop Shoop Song?

Bossa sway: root bass · bossa (1 · 2& · 3 · 4&), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is The Shoop Shoop Song 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.