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You’ve Got To Be Carefully Taught: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

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Left hand Waltz climbRight hand Waltz bellsChords 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 You’ve Got To Be Carefully Taught without reading music. The left hand plays waltz climb (broken chord 1-3-5 (3/4)) and the right hand waltz bells.

You’ve Got To Be Carefully Taught accompaniment in letter notes

The F – C7 – F – C7 loop with waltz climb in the left hand and waltz bells in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
F
RF5 A4+C5 A4+C5
LF2 A2 C3
Bar 2
C7
RC5 E4+G4 E4+G4
LC3 E3 G3
Bar 3
F
RF5 A4+C5 A4+C5
LF2 A2 C3
Bar 4
C7
RC5 E4 G4 Bb4 C5 E5 G5 Bb5 C6
LC3 E3 G3
Bar 5
F
RF5 A4+C5 A4+C5
LF2 A2 C3
Bar 6
C7
RC5 E4+G4 E4+G4
LC3 E3 G3
Bar 7
F
RF5 A4+C5 A4+C5
LF2 A2 C3
Bar 8
C7
RC5 E4+G4 E4+G4
LC3 E3 G3

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’ve Got To Be Carefully Taught

What are the letter notes for the You’ve Got To Be Carefully Taught 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 F – C7 – F – C7, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in You’ve Got To Be Carefully Taught?

The loop is F – C7 – F – C7 (I – V7 – I – V7) in F major, and the song ends on Gm – C7 – F.

What key is You’ve Got To Be Carefully Taught in?

F major, at about 160 beats a minute in 3/4.

What does the left hand play in You’ve Got To Be Carefully Taught?

Waltz climb: broken chord 1-3-5 (3/4), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is You’ve Got To Be Carefully Taught 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.