Piano chords · Old-time stride
What A Waste: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
- E minor
- 4/4
- 120 BPM
- i–v–i–v loop
- Easy
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 What A Waste without reading music. The left hand plays stride jumps (stride) and the right hand double-clap chords.
What A Waste accompaniment in letter notes
The Em – Bm – Em – Bm loop with stride jumps in the left hand and double-clap chords 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 What A Waste
What are the letter notes for the What A Waste 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 Em – Bm – Em – Bm, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in What A Waste?
The loop is Em – Bm – Em – Bm (i – v – i – v) in E minor, and the song ends on A – B7 – E.
What key is What A Waste in?
E minor, at about 120 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in What A Waste?
Stride jumps: stride, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is What A Waste 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.