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A Time for Love: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Johnny Mandel

  • D minor
  • 4/4
  • 75 BPM
  • 1966
  • Easy
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Left hand Velvet jazzRight hand Soft 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 Time for Love without reading music. The left hand plays velvet jazz (lh shell voicings (1-7 / 1-3)) and the right hand soft chords.

A Time for Love accompaniment in letter notes

The G – A7 – Dm – G7 loop with velvet jazz in the left hand and soft chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
G
RD5+F5+G5+B5 D5+F5+G5+B5 D5+F5+G5+B5
LB2+F3 B2+G3 B2+F3 B2+G3
Bar 2
A7
RE4+G4+A4+C#5 E4+G4+A4+C#5 E4+G4+A4+C#5
LC#3+G3 C#3+A3 C#3+G3 C#3+A3
Bar 3
Dm
RA4+C5+D5+F5 A4+C5+D5+F5 A4+C5+D5+F5
LF2+C3 F2+D3 F2+C3 F2+D3
Bar 4
G7
RD5+F5+G5+B5 Bb4 B4 D5 E5 D5 B4 Bb4 G4
LB2+F3 B2+G3 B2+F3 B2+G3
Bar 5
G
RD5+F5+G5+B5 D5+F5+G5+B5 D5+F5+G5+B5
LB2+F3 B2+G3 B2+F3 B2+G3
Bar 6
A7
RE4+G4+A4+C#5 E4+G4+A4+C#5 E4+G4+A4+C#5
LC#3+G3 C#3+A3 C#3+G3 C#3+A3
Bar 7
Dm
RA4+C5+D5+F5 A4+C5+D5+F5 A4+C5+D5+F5
LF2+C3 F2+D3 F2+C3 F2+D3
Bar 8
G7
RD5+F5+G5+B5 D5+F5+G5+B5 D5+F5+G5+B5
LB2+F3 B2+G3 B2+F3 B2+G3

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 Time for Love

What are the letter notes for the A Time for Love 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 G – A7 – Dm – G7, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in A Time for Love?

The loop is G – A7 – Dm – G7 (IV – V7 – i – IV7) in D minor, and the song ends on Bb – C – Dm.

What key is A Time for Love in?

D minor, at about 75 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in A Time for Love?

Velvet jazz: lh shell voicings (1-7 / 1-3), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is A Time for Love 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.