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Wait A Bit (from ‘Just So’): easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Stiles & Drewe

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Left hand Breaking waveRight hand Heartbeat chordsChords 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 Wait A Bit (from ‘Just So’) without reading music. The left hand plays breaking wave (open arpeggio 1-5-8-10) and the right hand heartbeat chords.

Wait A Bit (from ‘Just So’) accompaniment in letter notes

The B – A – B – A loop with breaking wave in the left hand and heartbeat chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
B
RF#4+B4+D#5 F#4+B4+D#5 F#4+B4+D#5
LB2 F#3 B3 D#4
Bar 2
A
RE4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5
LA2 E3 A3 C#4
Bar 3
B
RF#4+B4+D#5 F#4+B4+D#5 F#4+B4+D#5
LB2 F#3 B3 D#4
Bar 4
A
RE4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4 A4 C#5 E5 A5 C#6 E6 A6
LA2 E3 A3 C#4
Bar 5
B
RF#4+B4+D#5 F#4+B4+D#5 F#4+B4+D#5
LB2 F#3 B3 D#4
Bar 6
A
RE4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5
LA2 E3 A3 C#4
Bar 7
B
RF#4+B4+D#5 F#4+B4+D#5 F#4+B4+D#5
LB2 F#3 B3 D#4
Bar 8
A
RE4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5
LA2 E3 A3 C#4

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 Wait A Bit (from ‘Just So’)

What are the letter notes for the Wait A Bit (from ‘Just So’) 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 B – A – B – A, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Wait A Bit (from ‘Just So’)?

The loop is B – A – B – A (V – IV – V – IV) in E major, and the song ends on F#m – B7 – E.

What key is Wait A Bit (from ‘Just So’) in?

E major, at about 77 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Wait A Bit (from ‘Just So’)?

Breaking wave: open arpeggio 1-5-8-10, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Wait A Bit (from ‘Just So’) 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.