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A Dreamer's Holiday: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Perry Como

  • C major
  • 4/4
  • 90 BPM
  • 1949
  • Medium
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Left hand Power fifthsRight hand Hopscotch chordsChords 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 A Dreamer's Holiday without reading music. The left hand plays power fifths (lh power fifths) and the right hand hopscotch chords.

A Dreamer's Holiday accompaniment in letter notes

The C – B7 – Dm – G7 loop with power fifths in the left hand and hopscotch chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4 E4+G4
LC4+G4 C4+G4 C3+G3 C3+G3
Bar 2
B7
RD#4+F#4+B4 D#4+F#4 D#4+F#4
LB3+F#4 B3+F#4 B2+F#3 B2+F#3
Bar 3
Dm
RF4+A4+D5 F4+A4 F4+A4
LD3+A3 D3+A3 D2+A2 D2+A2
Bar 4
G7
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5 G6 F6 D6 B5 Ab5 G5 F#5 F5
LG3+D4 G3+D4 G2+D3 G2+D3
Bar 5
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4 E4+G4
LC4+G4 C4+G4 C3+G3 C3+G3
Bar 6
B7
RD#4+F#4+B4 D#4+F#4 D#4+F#4
LB3+F#4 B3+F#4 B2+F#3 B2+F#3
Bar 7
Dm
RF4+A4+D5 F4+A4 F4+A4
LD3+A3 D3+A3 D2+A2 D2+A2
Bar 8
G7
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5 B4+D5
LG3+D4 G3+D4 G2+D3 G2+D3

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 Dreamer's Holiday

What are the letter notes for the A Dreamer's Holiday 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 C – B7 – Dm – G7, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in A Dreamer's Holiday?

The loop is C – B7 – Dm – G7 (I – VII7 – ii – V7) in C major, and the song ends on D7 – G7 – C.

What key is A Dreamer's Holiday in?

C major, at about 90 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in A Dreamer's Holiday?

Power fifths: lh power fifths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is A Dreamer's Holiday 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.