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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 Late-hop footstepsRight hand SunriseChords 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 late-hop footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 3& · 4) and the right hand sunrise.

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

The Ab – Db – Ab – Db loop with late-hop footsteps in the left hand and sunrise in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Ab
RAb4 C5 Eb5 Ab4 C5 Eb5 Ab4 C5
LAb2 Ab3 Ab2 Ab2 Ab3
Bar 2
Db
RDb4 F4 Ab4 Db4 F4 Ab4 Db4 F4
LDb3 Db4 Db3 Db3 Db4
Bar 3
Ab
RAb4 C5 Eb5 Ab4 C5 Eb5 Ab4 C5
LAb2 Ab3 Ab2 Ab2 Ab3
Bar 4
Db
RDb4 F4 Ab4 Db4 Db4 Eb4 F4 G4 Ab4 Bb4 C5 Db5
LDb3 Db4 Db3 Db3 Db4
Bar 5
Ab
RAb4 C5 Eb5 Ab4 C5 Eb5 Ab4 C5
LAb2 Ab3 Ab2 Ab2 Ab3
Bar 6
Db
RDb4 F4 Ab4 Db4 F4 Ab4 Db4 F4
LDb3 Db4 Db3 Db3 Db4
Bar 7
Ab
RAb4 C5 Eb5 Ab4 C5 Eb5 Ab4 C5
LAb2 Ab3 Ab2 Ab2 Ab3
Bar 8
Db
RDb4 F4 Ab4 Db4 F4 Ab4 Db4 F4
LDb3 Db4 Db3 Db3 Db4

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 Ab – Db – Ab – Db, so the letters repeat with the chords.

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

The loop is Ab – Db – Ab – Db (I – IV – I – IV) in Ab major, and the song ends on Db – Eb – Ab.

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

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

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

Late-hop footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 3& · 4, an easy 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.