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London Bridge Is Falling Down — piano notes with letters
The nursery rhyme in C major, eight bars, all white keys, within the five notes from C to A. A good very first piece: the hand never has to move.
Traditional (English), 17th century · C major · 4/4 · public domain · arranged and labeled by Notalo
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The rhyme about the bridge that keeps falling down was printed in London in 1744 and is probably much older; the tune we sing was published in the 1870s. The bridge itself was rebuilt many times between the Roman period and the 1970s, when the 1831 stone bridge was sold to an American developer and re-erected in Arizona. The song is in nearly every beginner piano book because it needs only five notes.
How to play it, phrase by phrase
“London Bridge is falling down” is G A G F, E F G — a long G, a short A, then down and back. “Falling down, falling down” is D E F, then E F G. The first line repeats. “My fair lady” is four slow notes: D, G, E and C. Play with the right thumb on C and one finger per note; the hand never moves. Left hand: C chords, with a G chord under each “falling down”.
Letter notes, bar by bar (right hand)
Read left to right; a | is a bar line. Chord symbols are for the left hand or a guitar.
| Bar | Chord | Right-hand letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Am7 | G A G F |
| 2 | C | E F G |
| 3 | G7 | D E F |
| 4 | C | E F G |
| 5 | Am7 | G A G F |
| 6 | C | E F G |
| 7 | G | D G |
| 8 | C | E C |
Three things to watch
- Bar 1 starts on G with a dotted rhythm: long G, short A, then G, F.
- Bars 3 and 4 are the two echoes, “falling down, falling down”: D-E-F, then E-F-G.
- The last two bars, “my fair lady”, are four slow notes: D, G, E, C.
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