Piano chords · Old-time stride
There’s A Long, Long Trail: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Alonzo Elliott
- Ab major
- 4/4
- 84 BPM
- 1914
- Easy
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 There’s A Long, Long Trail without reading music. The left hand plays stride jumps (stride) and the right hand steady chords.
There’s A Long, Long Trail accompaniment in letter notes
The Fm – Db – Fm – C7 loop with stride jumps in the left hand and steady 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 There’s A Long, Long Trail
What are the letter notes for the There’s A Long, Long Trail 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 Fm – Db – Fm – C7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in There’s A Long, Long Trail?
The loop is Fm – Db – Fm – C7 (vi – IV – vi – III7) in Ab major, and the song ends on Db – Eb – Ab.
What key is There’s A Long, Long Trail in?
Ab major, at about 84 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in There’s A Long, Long Trail?
Stride jumps: stride, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is There’s A Long, Long Trail 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.