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This Is My Father's World: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Franklin L. Sheppard

  • Eb major
  • 4/4
  • 90 BPM
  • 2017
  • Easy
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Left hand Velvet jazzThe right hand sings the tuneChords 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 This Is My Father's World without reading music. The left hand plays velvet jazz (lh shell voicings (1-7 / 1-3)), and the right hand sings the tune.

This Is My Father's World accompaniment in letter notes

The Dm – G7 – Cm – Gb7 loop with velvet jazz in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Dm
RD4+F4+A4
LF2+C3 F2+D3 F2+C3 F2+D3
Bar 2
G7
RG4+B4+D5
LB2+F3 B2+G3 B2+F3 B2+G3
Bar 3
Cm
RC4+Eb4+G4
LEb3+Bb3 Eb3+C4 Eb3+Bb3 Eb3+C4
Bar 4
Gb7
RGb4+Bb4+Db5 Bbb4 Bb4 Db5 Eb5 Db5 Bb4 Bbb4 Gb4
LBb2+Fb3 Bb2+Gb3 Bb2+Fb3 Bb2+Gb3
Bar 5
Dm
RD4+F4+A4
LF2+C3 F2+D3 F2+C3 F2+D3
Bar 6
G7
RG4+B4+D5
LB2+F3 B2+G3 B2+F3 B2+G3
Bar 7
Cm
RC4+Eb4+G4
LEb3+Bb3 Eb3+C4 Eb3+Bb3 Eb3+C4
Bar 8
Gb7
RGb4+Bb4+Db5
LBb2+Fb3 Bb2+Gb3 Bb2+Fb3 Bb2+Gb3

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 This Is My Father's World

What are the letter notes for the This Is My Father's World 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 Dm – G7 – Cm – Gb7, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in This Is My Father's World?

The loop is Dm – G7 – Cm – Gb7 (vii – III7 – vi – bIII7) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Eb.

What key is This Is My Father's World in?

Eb major, at about 90 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in This Is My Father's World?

Velvet jazz: lh shell voicings (1-7 / 1-3), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is This Is My Father's World 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 one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.