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Trip A Little Light Fantastic (from Mary Poppins Returns): easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Lin-Manuel Miranda

  • G major
  • 2/2
  • 116 BPM
  • 2018
  • Easy
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Left hand Boom-chickRight hand Bossa chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

Play the full song with sheet music

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 Trip A Little Light Fantastic (from Mary Poppins Returns) without reading music. The left hand plays boom-chick (boom-chick) and the right hand bossa chords.

Trip A Little Light Fantastic (from Mary Poppins Returns) accompaniment in letter notes

The A7 – D7 – Ddim – D7 loop with boom-chick in the left hand and bossa chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
A7
RC#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4
LA3 C#4+E4 E3 C#4+E4
Bar 2
D7
RF#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5
LD3 F#3+A3 A2 F#3+A3
Bar 3
Ddim
RF4+Ab4+D5 F4+Ab4+D5 F4+Ab4+D5 F4+Ab4+D5
LD3 F3+Ab3 Ab2 F3+Ab3
Bar 4
D7
RF#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#6 D6 C6 A5 G#5 G5 F#5 F5
LD3 F#3+A3 A2 F#3+A3
Bar 5
A7
RC#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4
LA3 C#4+E4 E3 C#4+E4
Bar 6
D7
RF#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5
LD3 F#3+A3 A2 F#3+A3
Bar 7
Ddim
RF4+Ab4+D5 F4+Ab4+D5 F4+Ab4+D5 F4+Ab4+D5
LD3 F3+Ab3 Ab2 F3+Ab3
Bar 8
D7
RF#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5
LD3 F#3+A3 A2 F#3+A3

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 Trip A Little Light Fantastic (from Mary Poppins Returns)

What are the letter notes for the Trip A Little Light Fantastic (from Mary Poppins Returns) 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 – D7 – Ddim – D7, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Trip A Little Light Fantastic (from Mary Poppins Returns)?

The loop is A7 – D7 – Ddim – D7 (II7 – V7 – vo – V7) in G major, and the song ends on C – D – G.

What key is Trip A Little Light Fantastic (from Mary Poppins Returns) in?

G major, at about 116 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in Trip A Little Light Fantastic (from Mary Poppins Returns)?

Boom-chick: boom-chick, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Trip A Little Light Fantastic (from Mary Poppins Returns) 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.