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Wildflowers: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Dolly Parton

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Left hand Freight-train bounceRight hand Soft 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 Wildflowers without reading music. The left hand plays freight-train bounce (broken chord 8-10-5-10) and the right hand soft chords.

Wildflowers accompaniment in letter notes

The Bb – Eb – Bb – F loop with freight-train bounce in the left hand and soft chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Bb
RF4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5
LBb3 D4 F3 D4
Bar 2
Eb
RBb4+Eb5+G5 Bb4+Eb5+G5 Bb4+Eb5+G5
LEb3 G3 Bb2 G3
Bar 3
Bb
RF4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5
LBb3 D4 F3 D4
Bar 4
F
RC5+F5+A5 F4 A4 C5 F5 A5 C6 F6 A6
LF3 A3 C3 A3
Bar 5
Bb
RF4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5
LBb3 D4 F3 D4
Bar 6
Eb
RBb4+Eb5+G5 Bb4+Eb5+G5 Bb4+Eb5+G5
LEb3 G3 Bb2 G3
Bar 7
Bb
RF4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5
LBb3 D4 F3 D4
Bar 8
F
RC5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5
LF3 A3 C3 A3

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 Wildflowers

What are the letter notes for the Wildflowers 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 – Eb – Bb – F, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Wildflowers?

The loop is Bb – Eb – Bb – F (I – IV – I – V) in Bb major, and the song ends on Bb – F – Bb.

What key is Wildflowers in?

Bb major, at about 140 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in Wildflowers?

Freight-train bounce: broken chord 8-10-5-10, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Wildflowers 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.