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A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Irving Berlin

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Left hand Lazy footstepsRight 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 Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody without reading music. The left hand plays lazy footsteps (root bass · 1 · 3 · 4) and the right hand hopscotch chords.

A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody accompaniment in letter notes

The Am – D7 – G – C loop with lazy footsteps in the left hand and hopscotch chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Am
RC4+E4+A4 C4+E4 C4+E4
LA2 A3 A2
Bar 2
D7
RF#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4 F#4+A4
LD2 D3 D2
Bar 3
G
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5 B4+D5
LG2 G3 G2
Bar 4
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4 D4 E4 F#4 G4 A4 B4 C5 D5
LC3 C4 C3
Bar 5
Am
RC4+E4+A4 C4+E4 C4+E4
LA2 A3 A2
Bar 6
D7
RF#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4 F#4+A4
LD2 D3 D2
Bar 7
G
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5 B4+D5
LG2 G3 G2
Bar 8
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4 E4+G4
LC3 C4 C3

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 Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody

What are the letter notes for the A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody 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 Am – D7 – G – C, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody?

The loop is Am – D7 – G – C (ii – V7 – I – IV) in G major, and the song ends on Am – D7 – G.

What key is A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody in?

G major, at about 112 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody?

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

Is A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody 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.