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Virginia Bluebell: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Miranda Lambert

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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 Virginia Bluebell without reading music. The left hand plays dawdling footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 3& · 4), and the right hand sings the tune.

Virginia Bluebell accompaniment in letter notes

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

Bar 1
Bb
RBb3+D4+F4
LBb2 Bb3 Bb2 Bb3
Bar 2
Gm
RG4+Bb4+D5
LG2 G3 G2 G3
Bar 3
Bb
RBb3+D4+F4
LBb2 Bb3 Bb2 Bb3
Bar 4
Gm
RG4+Bb4+D5 Eb4 F4 G4 A4 Bb4 C5 D5 Eb5
LG2 G3 G2 G3
Bar 5
Bb
RBb3+D4+F4
LBb2 Bb3 Bb2 Bb3
Bar 6
Gm
RG4+Bb4+D5
LG2 G3 G2 G3
Bar 7
Bb
RBb3+D4+F4
LBb2 Bb3 Bb2 Bb3
Bar 8
Gm
RG4+Bb4+D5
LG2 G3 G2 G3

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 Virginia Bluebell

What are the letter notes for the Virginia Bluebell 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 Bb – Gm – Bb – Gm, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Virginia Bluebell?

The loop is Bb – Gm – Bb – Gm (I – vi – I – vi) in Bb major, and the song ends on Bb – Gm – Bb.

What key is Virginia Bluebell in?

Bb major, at about 80 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Virginia Bluebell?

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

Is Virginia Bluebell 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.