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A Day In The Life Of A Fool: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Luiz Bonfa
- C major
- 4/4
- 80 BPM
- 1959
- Easy
Play the full song with sheet music
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 A Day In The Life Of A Fool without reading music. The left hand plays drowsy heartbeat (root bass · 1 · 3 · 4&), and the right hand sings the tune.
A Day In The Life Of A Fool accompaniment in letter notes
The Am – Bm – E7 – Am loop with drowsy heartbeat 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 A Day In The Life Of A Fool
What are the letter notes for the A Day In The Life Of A Fool 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 Am – Bm – E7 – Am, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in A Day In The Life Of A Fool?
The loop is Am – Bm – E7 – Am (vi – vii – III7 – vi) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.
What key is A Day In The Life Of A Fool in?
C major, at about 80 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in A Day In The Life Of A Fool?
Drowsy heartbeat: root bass · 1 · 3 · 4&, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is A Day In The Life Of A Fool 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.