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With A Few Good Friends: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

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Left hand Pausing footstepsRight hand Late-knock 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 With A Few Good Friends without reading music. The left hand plays pausing footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 3) and the right hand late-knock chords.

With A Few Good Friends accompaniment in letter notes

The D – G – A – Bm loop with pausing footsteps in the left hand and late-knock chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
D
RF#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5
LD2 D2 D3
Bar 2
G
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5
LG2 G2 G3
Bar 3
A
RC#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4
LA2 A2 A3
Bar 4
Bm
RD4+F#4+B4 C#4 D4 E4 F#4 G4 A4 B4 C#5
LB2 B2 B3
Bar 5
D
RF#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5
LD2 D2 D3
Bar 6
G
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5
LG2 G2 G3
Bar 7
A
RC#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4
LA2 A2 A3
Bar 8
Bm
RD4+F#4+B4 D4+F#4+B4 D4+F#4+B4
LB2 B2 B3

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 With A Few Good Friends

What are the letter notes for the With A Few Good Friends 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 D – G – A – Bm, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in With A Few Good Friends?

The loop is D – G – A – Bm (I – IV – V – vi) in D major, and the song ends on Bm – A – D.

What key is With A Few Good Friends in?

D major, at about 120 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in With A Few Good Friends?

Pausing footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is With A Few Good Friends 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.