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The Wrong Direction: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

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Left hand Bossa swayRight hand Falling starsChords 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 Wrong Direction without reading music. The left hand plays bossa sway (root bass · bossa (1 · 2& · 3 · 4&)) and the right hand falling stars.

The Wrong Direction accompaniment in letter notes

The Bb – F – C – Dm loop with bossa sway in the left hand and falling stars in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Bb
RD5 Bb4 F4 D5 Bb4 F4 D5 Bb4
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 2
F
RA5 F5 C5 A5 F5 C5 A5 F5
LF2 F2 F2 F2
Bar 3
C
RE5 C5 G4 E5 C5 G4 E5 C5
LC3 C3 C3 C3
Bar 4
Dm
RF5 D5 A4 F5 G6 F6 E6 D6 C6 Bb5 A5 G5
LD2 D2 D2 D2
Bar 5
Bb
RD5 Bb4 F4 D5 Bb4 F4 D5 Bb4
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 6
F
RA5 F5 C5 A5 F5 C5 A5 F5
LF2 F2 F2 F2
Bar 7
C
RE5 C5 G4 E5 C5 G4 E5 C5
LC3 C3 C3 C3
Bar 8
Dm
RF5 D5 A4 F5 D5 A4 F5 D5
LD2 D2 D2 D2

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 Wrong Direction

What are the letter notes for the The Wrong Direction 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 Bb – F – C – Dm, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in The Wrong Direction?

The loop is Bb – F – C – Dm (IV – I – V – vi) in F major, and the song ends on Bb – C – F.

What key is The Wrong Direction in?

F major, at about 128 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in The Wrong Direction?

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 Wrong Direction 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.