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When You Got It, Flaunt It: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Mel Brooks

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Left hand Jazz walkThe 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 When You Got It, Flaunt It without reading music. The left hand plays jazz walk (walking bass), and the right hand sings the tune.

When You Got It, Flaunt It accompaniment in letter notes

The C7 – F – G7 – C7 loop with jazz walk in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
C7
RC4+E4+G4
LC3 D3 Eb3 E3
Bar 2
F
RF4+A4+C5
LF2 G2 Ab2 A2
Bar 3
G7
RG4+B4+D5
LG2 A2 Bb2 B2
Bar 4
C7
RC4+E4+G4 Eb5 E5 G5 A5 G5 E5 Eb5 C5
LC3 D3 Eb3 E3
Bar 5
C7
RC4+E4+G4
LC3 D3 Eb3 E3
Bar 6
F
RF4+A4+C5
LF2 G2 Ab2 A2
Bar 7
G7
RG4+B4+D5
LG2 A2 Bb2 B2
Bar 8
C7
RC4+E4+G4
LC3 D3 Eb3 E3

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 When You Got It, Flaunt It

What are the letter notes for the When You Got It, Flaunt It 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 C7 – F – G7 – C7, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in When You Got It, Flaunt It?

The loop is C7 – F – G7 – C7 (V7 – I – II7 – V7) in F major, and the song ends on Bb – C – F.

What key is When You Got It, Flaunt It in?

F major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in When You Got It, Flaunt It?

Jazz walk: walking bass, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is When You Got It, Flaunt It 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.