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The Unicorn: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

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Left hand Hopscotch stepsRight 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 Unicorn without reading music. The left hand plays hopscotch steps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 4) and the right hand ticking clock.

The Unicorn accompaniment in letter notes

The F – C7 – F – C7 loop with hopscotch steps in the left hand and ticking clock in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
F
RF4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4
LF2 F3 F3
Bar 2
C7
RC4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4
LC3 C4 C4
Bar 3
F
RF4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4
LF2 F3 F3
Bar 4
C7
RC4 C4 C4 C4 E4 F4 G4 A4 Bb4 C5 D5 E5
LC3 C4 C4
Bar 5
F
RF4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4
LF2 F3 F3
Bar 6
C7
RC4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4
LC3 C4 C4
Bar 7
F
RF4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4
LF2 F3 F3
Bar 8
C7
RC4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4
LC3 C4 C4

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 Unicorn

What are the letter notes for the The Unicorn 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 F – C7 – F – C7, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in The Unicorn?

The loop is F – C7 – F – C7 (I – V7 – I – V7) in F major, and the song ends on F – C7 – F.

What key is The Unicorn in?

F major, at about 84 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in The Unicorn?

Hopscotch steps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is The Unicorn 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.