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Unsuspecting Sunday Afternoon: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Backstreet Boys

  • A minor
  • 4/4
  • 74 BPM
  • 2007
  • Easy
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Left hand Dawdling footstepsThe right hand sings the tuneChords 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 Unsuspecting Sunday Afternoon without reading music. The left hand plays dawdling footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 3& · 4), and the right hand sings the tune.

Unsuspecting Sunday Afternoon accompaniment in letter notes

The Am – Em – F – C loop with dawdling footsteps in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Am
RA3+C4+E4
LA2 A3 A2 A3
Bar 2
Em
RE4+G4+B4
LE2 E3 E2 E3
Bar 3
F
RF4+A4+C5
LF2 F3 F2 F3
Bar 4
C
RC4+E4+G4 D4 E4 F4 G4 A4 B4 C5 D5
LC3 C4 C3 C4
Bar 5
Am
RA3+C4+E4
LA2 A3 A2 A3
Bar 6
Em
RE4+G4+B4
LE2 E3 E2 E3
Bar 7
F
RF4+A4+C5
LF2 F3 F2 F3
Bar 8
C
RC4+E4+G4
LC3 C4 C3 C4

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 Unsuspecting Sunday Afternoon

What are the letter notes for the Unsuspecting Sunday Afternoon 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 Am – Em – F – C, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Unsuspecting Sunday Afternoon?

The loop is Am – Em – F – C (i – v – bVI – bIII) in A minor, and the song ends on F – G – Am.

What key is Unsuspecting Sunday Afternoon in?

A minor, at about 74 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Unsuspecting Sunday Afternoon?

Dawdling footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3& · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Unsuspecting Sunday Afternoon 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.