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A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By The Manhattan Transfer

  • Eb major
  • 2/2
  • 100 BPM
  • 1940
  • Easy
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Left hand Lazy footstepsRight hand Steady chordsChords from the chord symbols in the score

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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 Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square without reading music. The left hand plays lazy footsteps (root bass · 1 · 3 · 4) and the right hand steady chords.

The catchy part of A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square 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.

Bar 1
Eb → Cm
RBb3+Eb4+G4 G4 G3+C4+Eb4 Eb4
LEb2 Bb2 Eb3 C2 C3
Bar 2
Gm → Eb7
RD4+G4+Bb4 Bb4 G3+Db4+G4 Eb4 Eb4
LG2 D3 G3 Eb2 Eb3
Bar 3
Ab → G7
REb4+Ab4+C5 C5 C5 F4+B4+D5 D5 D5
LAb3 G3
Bar 4
Cm → Abm
RG4+C5+Eb5 F4+Ab4 Eb5
LC3 G3 C4 Cb3

A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square accompaniment in letter notes

The Eb – Cm – Gm – Eb7 – Ab – G7 – Cm – Abm loop with lazy footsteps in the left hand and steady chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Eb → Cm
RG4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 Eb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4+C5
LEb2 C4 C3
Bar 2
Gm → Eb7
RBb4+D5+G5 Bb4+D5+G5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5
LG2 Eb3 Eb2
Bar 3
Ab → G7
RC5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5
LAb2 G3 G2
Bar 4
Cm → Abm
REb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4+C5 D4 Eb4 F4 G4 Ab4 Bb4 C5 D5
LC3 Ab3 Ab2
Bar 5
Eb → Cm
RG4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 Eb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4+C5
LEb2 C4 C3
Bar 6
Gm → Eb7
RBb4+D5+G5 Bb4+D5+G5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5
LG2 Eb3 Eb2
Bar 7
Ab → G7
RC5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5
LAb2 G3 G2
Bar 8
Cm → Abm
REb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4+C5 Cb4+Eb5+Ab5 Cb4+Eb5+Ab5
LC3 Ab3 Ab2

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 Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square

What are the letter notes for the A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square 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 Eb – Cm – Gm – Eb7 – Ab – G7 – Cm – Abm, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square?

The loop is Eb – Cm – Gm – Eb7 – Ab – G7 – Cm – Abm (I – vi – iii – I7 – IV – III7 – vi – iv) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Eb.

What key is A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square in?

Eb major, at about 100 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square?

Lazy footsteps: root bass · 1 · 3 · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square easy to play on piano?

Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 8 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.

Can I hear the real melody of A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square?

Yes: "The part you know" plays the catchy part 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.