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A Day In The Life: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By The Beatles
- E minor
- 4/4
- 72 BPM
- 1967
- 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 without reading music. The left hand plays giant steps (lh chords) and the right hand steady chords.
The main tune of A Day In The Life in letter notes
The real notes from a score, both hands, bar by bar. R is the right hand, L the left; C4 is middle C.
A Day In The Life accompaniment in letter notes
The Em – Em7 – C – Em7 – Am – G – Bm loop with giant steps in the left hand and steady 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 A Day In The Life
What are the letter notes for the A Day In The Life 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 Em – Em7 – C – Em7 – Am – G – Bm, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in A Day In The Life?
The loop is Em – Em7 – C – Em7 – Am – G – Bm (i – i7 – VI – i7 – iv – III – v) in E minor, and the song ends on C – D – Em.
What key is A Day In The Life in?
E minor, at about 72 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in A Day In The Life?
Giant steps: lh chords, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is A Day In The Life easy to play on piano?
Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 7 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.
Can I hear the real melody of A Day In The Life?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the main tune of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from 3 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.