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There’s a Small Hotel: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Richard Rodgers
- Bb major
- 2/2
- 100 BPM
- ii–V7–I–ii loop
- 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 Small Hotel without reading music. The left hand plays giant steps (lh chords) and the right hand hopscotch bells.
There’s a Small Hotel accompaniment in letter notes
The Cm – F7 – Bb – Cm loop with giant steps in the left hand and hopscotch bells 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 Small Hotel
What are the letter notes for the There’s a Small Hotel 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 Cm – F7 – Bb – Cm, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in There’s a Small Hotel?
The loop is Cm – F7 – Bb – Cm (ii – V7 – I – ii) in Bb major, and the song ends on Eb – F – Bb.
What key is There’s a Small Hotel in?
Bb major, at about 100 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in There’s a Small Hotel?
Giant steps: lh chords, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is There’s a Small Hotel 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 3 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.