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With A Few Good Friends: piano accompaniment sheet music

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With A Few Good Friends written out as piano music: the I – IV – V – vi loop in D major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays pausing footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 3) and the right hand late-knock chords.

With A Few Good Friends chord chart

The loop once round, bar by bar, in D major. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.

BarChordNumeralNotes
1DID F# A
2GIVG B D
3AVA C# E
4BmviB D F#

What the sheet music shows

The grand staff: the right hand on the treble staff, the left hand on the bass staff, with the chord names above and a finger number on each note (1 is the thumb). It is the accompaniment: pausing footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 3) in the left hand and late-knock chords in the right, over the D – G – A – Bm chords.

Press play and a cursor follows the music. Above it, Colours paints each note in its key’s colour and Note names writes its letter on its head.

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Questions about With A Few Good Friends

Does the sheet music for With A Few Good Friends have finger numbers?

Yes: every note of both hands has its finger number, 1 being the thumb. To read the notes alone, turn Fingers off above the music.

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.