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Time In A Bottle: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Jim Croce
- D minor
- 3/4
- 144 BPM
- V7–i–V7–i loop
- 1971
- Medium
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 Time In A Bottle without reading music. The left hand plays moon river roll (open arpeggio 1-5-10 (3/4)) and the right hand waltz chords.
Time In A Bottle accompaniment in letter notes
The A7 – Dm – A7 – Dm loop with moon river roll in the left hand and waltz 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 Time In A Bottle
What are the letter notes for the Time In A Bottle 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 A7 – Dm – A7 – Dm, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Time In A Bottle?
The loop is A7 – Dm – A7 – Dm (V7 – i – V7 – i) in D minor, and the song ends on Bb – C – Dm.
What key is Time In A Bottle in?
D minor, at about 144 beats a minute in 3/4.
What does the left hand play in Time In A Bottle?
Moon River roll: open arpeggio 1-5-10 (3/4), a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Time In A Bottle 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.