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Up Jumped Spring: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Freddie Hubbard

  • Bb major
  • 3/4
  • 140 BPM
  • 1962
  • Medium
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Left hand Waltz strideThe 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 Up Jumped Spring without reading music. The left hand plays waltz stride (stride (3/4)), and the right hand sings the tune.

Up Jumped Spring accompaniment in letter notes

The Gm – Fm – Em – A7 loop with waltz stride in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Gm
RG4+Bb4+D5
LG2 D3+Bb3 G3
Bar 2
Fm
RF4+Ab4+C5
LF2 C3+Ab3 F3
Bar 3
Em
RE4+G4+B4
LE2 B2+G3 E3
Bar 4
A7
RA3+C#4+E4 E4 G4 A4 C#5 E5 G5 A5 C#6
LA2 E3+C#4 A3
Bar 5
Gm
RG4+Bb4+D5
LG2 D3+Bb3 G3
Bar 6
Fm
RF4+Ab4+C5
LF2 C3+Ab3 F3
Bar 7
Em
RE4+G4+B4
LE2 B2+G3 E3
Bar 8
A7
RA3+C#4+E4
LA2 E3+C#4 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 Up Jumped Spring

What are the letter notes for the Up Jumped Spring 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 Gm – Fm – Em – A7, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Up Jumped Spring?

The loop is Gm – Fm – Em – A7 (vi – v – #iv – VII7) in Bb major, and the song ends on Eb – F – Bb.

What key is Up Jumped Spring in?

Bb major, at about 140 beats a minute in 3/4.

What does the left hand play in Up Jumped Spring?

Waltz stride: stride (3/4), a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Up Jumped Spring 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.