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These Are The Days: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

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  • G major
  • 4/4
  • 77 BPM
  • 2003
  • Easy
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Left hand Pausing footstepsRight hand Pop stabsChords from the chord symbols in the score

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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 These Are The Days without reading music. The left hand plays pausing footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 3) and the right hand pop stabs.

The catchy part of These Are The Days in letter notes

The real notes from a score, both hands, bar by bar. R is the right hand, L the left; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
G → F7
RB3+D4+G4 D4+B4 B4 B4 Eb4+B4 B4 Eb4+A4 G4 D4+A4
LG2+G3 F2+F3
Bar 2
Em7 → A7
RD4+G4 C#4+G4 C#4+E4 G4 A4 C4+B4
LE2+E3 G2 G#2 A2+G3 A3
Bar 3
Am7 → D → G
RC4+E4 G4 B4 C4+E4+A4 G4 C4+E4 G4 B3+D4+G4
LA2 A3 D3 D3 G2
Bar 4
G → C
RE4 B3+D4 C4+E4+G4
LG2 B2+G3 A2 G2 G2 G3 G2

These Are The Days accompaniment in letter notes

The G – F7 – Em7 – A7 – Am7 – D – G – G – C loop with pausing footsteps in the left hand and pop stabs in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
G → F7
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 A4+C5+F5
LG2 G2 F3
Bar 2
Em7 → A7
RG4+B4+E5 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4
LE2 E2 A3
Bar 3
Am7 → D → G
RC4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 F#4+A4+D5
LA2 A2 D3
Bar 4
G → C
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 C4 D4 E4 F#4 G4 A4 B4 C5
LG2 G2 G3
Bar 5
G → F7
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 A4+C5+F5
LG2 G2 F3
Bar 6
Em7 → A7
RG4+B4+E5 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4
LE2 E2 A3
Bar 7
Am7 → D → G
RC4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 F#4+A4+D5
LA2 A2 D3
Bar 8
G → C
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5
LG2 G2 G3

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 These Are The Days

What are the letter notes for the These Are The Days 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 G – F7 – Em7 – A7 – Am7 – D – G – G – C, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in These Are The Days?

The loop is G – F7 – Em7 – A7 – Am7 – D – G – G – C (I – bVII7 – vi7 – II7 – ii7 – V – I – IV – I) in G major, and the song ends on G – C – G.

What key is These Are The Days in?

G major, at about 77 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in These Are The Days?

Pausing footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is These Are The Days easy to play on piano?

Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 9 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.

Can I hear the real melody of These Are The Days?

Yes: "The part you know" plays the catchy part of the song from a score, with both hands.

Made from 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.