Piano chords · Lullaby boat
With a Little Help from My Friends: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Joe Cocker
- A major
- 6/8
- 75 BPM
- I–bVII–IV–I loop
- 1967
- Medium
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 Little Help from My Friends without reading music. The left hand plays rowing-boat pulse (root bass · 6/8 8ths), and the right hand sings the tune.
With a Little Help from My Friends accompaniment in letter notes
The A – G – D – A loop with rowing-boat pulse in the left hand. 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 With a Little Help from My Friends
What are the letter notes for the With a Little Help from My 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 A – G – D – A, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in With a Little Help from My Friends?
The loop is A – G – D – A (I – bVII – IV – I) in A major, and the song ends on G – D – A.
What key is With a Little Help from My Friends in?
A major, at about 75 beats a minute in 6/8.
What does the left hand play in With a Little Help from My Friends?
Rowing-boat pulse: root bass · 6/8 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is With a Little Help from My Friends easy to play on piano?
It is a medium one: learn the 4 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.
Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.