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A Fine Romance: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Jerome Kern

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Left hand Giant stepsRight hand Hopscotch bellsChords 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 Fine Romance without reading music. The left hand plays giant steps (lh chords) and the right hand hopscotch bells.

A Fine Romance accompaniment in letter notes

The G7 – C – G7 – C loop with giant steps in the left hand and hopscotch bells in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
G7
RG5 B4+D5 B4+D5
LG2+D3 D3+G3 D3+G3
Bar 2
C
RC5 E4+G4 E4+G4
LC3+G3 G3+C4 G3+C4
Bar 3
G7
RG5 B4+D5 B4+D5
LG2+D3 D3+G3 D3+G3
Bar 4
C
RC5 E4+G4 C7 G6 E6 C6 A5 Ab5 G5 F#5
LC3+G3 G3+C4 G3+C4
Bar 5
G7
RG5 B4+D5 B4+D5
LG2+D3 D3+G3 D3+G3
Bar 6
C
RC5 E4+G4 E4+G4
LC3+G3 G3+C4 G3+C4
Bar 7
G7
RG5 B4+D5 B4+D5
LG2+D3 D3+G3 D3+G3
Bar 8
C
RC5 E4+G4 E4+G4
LC3+G3 G3+C4 G3+C4

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 Fine Romance

What are the letter notes for the A Fine Romance 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 G7 – C – G7 – C, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in A Fine Romance?

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

What key is A Fine Romance in?

C major, at about 160 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in A Fine Romance?

Giant steps: lh chords, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is A Fine Romance 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 3 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.