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A Wonderful Day Like Today: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley
- Eb major
- 2/2
- 106 BPM
- 1964
- Medium
Play the full song with sheet music
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 Wonderful Day Like Today without reading music. The left hand plays swelling 6/8 (open arpeggio 1-5-8-10-8-5 (6/8)), and the right hand sings the tune.
The catchy part of A Wonderful Day Like Today 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.
A Wonderful Day Like Today accompaniment in letter notes
The Eb – Ebmaj7 – Eb loop with swelling 6/8 in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.
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 Wonderful Day Like Today
What are the letter notes for the A Wonderful Day Like Today 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 – Ebmaj7 – Eb, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in A Wonderful Day Like Today?
The loop is Eb – Ebmaj7 – Eb (I – Imaj7 – I) in Eb major, and the song ends on Fm – Bb7 – Eb.
What key is A Wonderful Day Like Today in?
Eb major, at about 106 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in A Wonderful Day Like Today?
Swelling 6/8: open arpeggio 1-5-8-10-8-5 (6/8), a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is A Wonderful Day Like Today easy to play on piano?
It is a medium one: learn the 3 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.
Can I hear the real melody of A Wonderful Day Like Today?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the catchy part of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from 4 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.