Piano chords · Old-time stride
The Wearing Of The Green: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by 18th Century Irish Folk Song
- Eb major
- 2/4
- 110 BPM
- I–V–IV–I loop
- 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 Wearing Of The Green without reading music. The left hand plays brass-band march (lh power fifths (2/4)) and the right hand clockwork chords.
The Wearing Of The Green accompaniment in letter notes
The Eb – Bb – Ab – Eb loop with brass-band march in the left hand and clockwork 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 Wearing Of The Green
What are the letter notes for the The Wearing Of The Green 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 Eb – Bb – Ab – Eb, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in The Wearing Of The Green?
The loop is Eb – Bb – Ab – Eb (I – V – IV – I) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Eb.
What key is The Wearing Of The Green in?
Eb major, at about 110 beats a minute in 2/4.
What does the left hand play in The Wearing Of The Green?
Brass-band march: lh power fifths (2/4), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is The Wearing Of The Green 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.