Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
A Fellow Needs A Girl: piano accompaniment sheet music
Written by Richard Rodgers
- F major
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- Medium
Play the full song with sheet music
A Fellow Needs A Girl written out as piano music: the I – II – ii – vi loop in F major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays open sky (open arpeggio 1-5-10) and the right hand pitter-patter.
A Fellow Needs A Girl chord chart
The loop once round, bar by bar, in F 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 | F | I | F A C |
| 2 | G | II | G B D |
| 3 | Gm | ii | G Bb D |
| 4 | Dm | vi | D F A |
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: open sky (open arpeggio 1-5-10) in the left hand and pitter-patter in the right, over the F – G – Gm – Dm 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 Fellow Needs A Girl
Does the sheet music for A Fellow Needs A Girl 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 Fellow Needs A Girl?
The loop is F – G – Gm – Dm (I – II – ii – vi) in F major, and the song ends on F – C7 – F.
What key is A Fellow Needs A Girl in?
F major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in A Fellow Needs A Girl?
Open sky: open arpeggio 1-5-10, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is A Fellow Needs A Girl 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 4 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.