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Turning Page: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Ryan Curtis O’Neal

  • Eb major
  • 4/4
  • 60 BPM
  • 2011
  • Medium
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Left hand Marching giantRight hand Rising bubblesChords 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 Turning Page without reading music. The left hand plays marching giant (lh triads) and the right hand rising bubbles.

Turning Page accompaniment in letter notes

The Cm – Ab – Eb – Bb7 loop with marching giant in the left hand and rising bubbles in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Cm
REb4 G4 C5 Eb4 G4 C5 Eb4 G4 C5 Eb4 G4 C5
LC4+Eb4+G4 C4+Eb4+G4 G3+C4+Eb4 G3+C4+Eb4
Bar 2
Ab
RC5 Eb5 Ab5 C5 Eb5 Ab5 C5 Eb5 Ab5 C5 Eb5 Ab5
LAb3+C4+Eb4 Ab3+C4+Eb4 Eb3+Ab3+C4 Eb3+Ab3+C4
Bar 3
Eb
RG4 Bb4 Eb5 G4 Bb4 Eb5 G4 Bb4 Eb5 G4 Bb4 Eb5
LEb3+G3+Bb3 Eb3+G3+Bb3 Bb2+Eb3+G3 Bb2+Eb3+G3
Bar 4
Bb7
RD4 F4 Bb4 D4 F4 Bb4 F6 D6 Bb5 Ab5 G5 Gb5 F5 E5
LBb3+D4+F4 Bb3+D4+F4 F3+Bb3+D4 F3+Bb3+D4
Bar 5
Cm
REb4 G4 C5 Eb4 G4 C5 Eb4 G4 C5 Eb4 G4 C5
LC4+Eb4+G4 C4+Eb4+G4 G3+C4+Eb4 G3+C4+Eb4
Bar 6
Ab
RC5 Eb5 Ab5 C5 Eb5 Ab5 C5 Eb5 Ab5 C5 Eb5 Ab5
LAb3+C4+Eb4 Ab3+C4+Eb4 Eb3+Ab3+C4 Eb3+Ab3+C4
Bar 7
Eb
RG4 Bb4 Eb5 G4 Bb4 Eb5 G4 Bb4 Eb5 G4 Bb4 Eb5
LEb3+G3+Bb3 Eb3+G3+Bb3 Bb2+Eb3+G3 Bb2+Eb3+G3
Bar 8
Bb7
RD4 F4 Bb4 D4 F4 Bb4 D4 F4 Bb4 D4 F4 Bb4
LBb3+D4+F4 Bb3+D4+F4 F3+Bb3+D4 F3+Bb3+D4

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 Turning Page

What are the letter notes for the Turning Page 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 Cm – Ab – Eb – Bb7, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Turning Page?

The loop is Cm – Ab – Eb – Bb7 (vi – IV – I – V7) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Eb.

What key is Turning Page in?

Eb major, at about 60 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Turning Page?

Marching giant: lh triads, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Turning Page 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.