Piano chords · Rock drive
A Cottage For Sale: piano accompaniment sheet music
Written by Willard Robison
- Eb major
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- 1929
- Medium
Play the full song with sheet music
A Cottage For Sale written out as piano music: the I – III7 – VI7 – iv loop in Eb major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays power fifths (lh power fifths) and the right hand wait-a-beat chords.
A Cottage For Sale chord chart
The loop once round, bar by bar, in Eb major. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.
| Bar | Chord | Numeral | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eb | I | Eb G Bb |
| 2 | G7 | III7 | G B D F |
| 3 | C7 | VI7 | C E G Bb |
| 4 | Abm | iv | Ab Cb Eb |
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: power fifths (lh power fifths) in the left hand and wait-a-beat chords in the right, over the Eb – G7 – C7 – Abm 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.
Play next
Questions about A Cottage For Sale
Does the sheet music for A Cottage For Sale 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 A Cottage For Sale?
The loop is Eb – G7 – C7 – Abm (I – III7 – VI7 – iv) in Eb major, and the song ends on Fm – Bb7 – Eb.
What key is A Cottage For Sale in?
Eb major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in A Cottage For Sale?
Power fifths: lh power fifths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is A Cottage For Sale 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.