Piano chords · Old-time stride
You’re A Grand Old Flag: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
- G major
- 2/4
- 120 BPM
- 2002
- 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 You’re A Grand Old Flag without reading music. The left hand plays toy-soldier march (lh triads (2/4)) and the right hand clockwork chords.
You’re A Grand Old Flag accompaniment in letter notes
The D7 – G – Edim – D7 loop with toy-soldier march in the left hand and clockwork chords in the right. 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 You’re A Grand Old Flag
What are the letter notes for the You’re A Grand Old Flag 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 D7 – G – Edim – D7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in You’re A Grand Old Flag?
The loop is D7 – G – Edim – D7 (V7 – I – vio – V7) in G major, and the song ends on G – D7 – G.
What key is You’re A Grand Old Flag in?
G major, at about 120 beats a minute in 2/4.
What does the left hand play in You’re A Grand Old Flag?
Toy-soldier march: lh triads (2/4), a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is You’re A Grand Old Flag 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 3 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.