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Wedding Song: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Peter, Paul & Mary
- Eb major
- 4/4
- 136 BPM
- 1971
- Medium
Play the full song with sheet music
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 Wedding Song without reading music. The left hand plays lub-dub heartbeat (root bass · 1 · 1& · 3 · 3&) and the right hand rising bubbles.
The intro of Wedding Song in letter notes
The real notes from a score, both hands, bar by bar. R is the right hand, L the left; C4 is middle C.
Wedding Song accompaniment in letter notes
The Ebsus4 – Eb – F – Fsus4 – F7 – Ab – Abmaj7 loop with lub-dub heartbeat in the left hand and rising bubbles in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.
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 Wedding Song
What are the letter notes for the Wedding Song 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 Ebsus4 – Eb – F – Fsus4 – F7 – Ab – Abmaj7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Wedding Song?
The loop is Ebsus4 – Eb – F – Fsus4 – F7 – Ab – Abmaj7 (Isus4 – I – II – IIsus4 – II7 – IV – IVmaj7) in Eb major, and the song ends on Eb – Ebsus4 – Eb.
What key is Wedding Song in?
Eb major, at about 136 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Wedding Song?
Lub-dub heartbeat: root bass · 1 · 1& · 3 · 3&, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Wedding Song easy to play on piano?
It is a medium one: learn the 7 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.
Can I hear the real melody of Wedding Song?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the intro of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from 5 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.