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Today (As For Me And My House): easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Brian Doerksen

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Left hand Lapping wavesRight hand Sleepy waltz chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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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 Today (As For Me And My House) without reading music. The left hand plays lapping waves (open arpeggio 1-5-10-5-10-5 (3/4)) and the right hand sleepy waltz chords.

Today (As For Me And My House) accompaniment in letter notes

The F – Dm – Gm – C7 loop with lapping waves in the left hand and sleepy waltz chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
F
RA4+C5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5
LF2 C3 A3 C3 A3 C3
Bar 2
Dm
RF4+A4 F4+A4+D5 F4+A4+D5
LD2 A2 F3 A2 F3 A2
Bar 3
Gm
RBb4+D5 Bb4+D5+G5 Bb4+D5+G5
LG2 D3 Bb3 D3 Bb3 D3
Bar 4
C7
RE4+G4 E4 G4 Bb4 C5 E5 G5 Bb5 C6
LC3 G3 E4 G3 E4 G3
Bar 5
F
RA4+C5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5
LF2 C3 A3 C3 A3 C3
Bar 6
Dm
RF4+A4 F4+A4+D5 F4+A4+D5
LD2 A2 F3 A2 F3 A2
Bar 7
Gm
RBb4+D5 Bb4+D5+G5 Bb4+D5+G5
LG2 D3 Bb3 D3 Bb3 D3
Bar 8
C7
RE4+G4 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC3 G3 E4 G3 E4 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 Today (As For Me And My House)

What are the letter notes for the Today (As For Me And My House) 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 F – Dm – Gm – C7, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Today (As For Me And My House)?

The loop is F – Dm – Gm – C7 (I – vi – ii – V7) in F major, and the song ends on F – Bb – F.

What key is Today (As For Me And My House) in?

F major, at about 72 beats a minute in 3/4.

What does the left hand play in Today (As For Me And My House)?

Lapping waves: open arpeggio 1-5-10-5-10-5 (3/4), a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Today (As For Me And My House) 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 one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.