Piano chords · Blues & boogie
A Wonderful Time Up There: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Lee Roy Abernathy
- G major
- 2/2
- 144 BPM
- I–V–I–IV loop
- 1947
- 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 Time Up There without reading music. The left hand plays rock’n’roll rocker (rock’n’roll 5–6 shuffle) and the right hand sprint-and-stop chords.
A Wonderful Time Up There accompaniment in letter notes
The G – D – G – C loop with rock’n’roll rocker in the left hand and sprint-and-stop chords in the right. 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 Time Up There
What are the letter notes for the A Wonderful Time Up There 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 – D – G – C, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in A Wonderful Time Up There?
The loop is G – D – G – C (I – V – I – IV) in G major, and the song ends on G – C – G.
What key is A Wonderful Time Up There in?
G major, at about 144 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in A Wonderful Time Up There?
Rock’n’roll rocker: rock’n’roll 5–6 shuffle, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is A Wonderful Time Up There easy to play on piano?
It is a medium one: learn the 4 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.
Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.