Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
Alfie: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
- C major
- 4/4
- 56 BPM
- 1966
- Medium
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 Alfie without reading music. The left hand plays open sky (open arpeggio 1-5-10) and the right hand push-and-land chords.
The catchy part of Alfie 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.
Alfie accompaniment in letter notes
The Dm7 – Cmaj7 – C – Em7 – A7 – Dm7 loop with open sky in the left hand and push-and-land 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 Alfie
What are the letter notes for the Alfie 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 Dm7 – Cmaj7 – C – Em7 – A7 – Dm7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Alfie?
The loop is Dm7 – Cmaj7 – C – Em7 – A7 – Dm7 (ii7 – Imaj7 – I – iii7 – VI7 – ii7) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.
What key is Alfie in?
C major, at about 56 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Alfie?
Open sky: open arpeggio 1-5-10, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Alfie easy to play on piano?
It is a medium one: learn the 6 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.
Can I hear the real melody of Alfie?
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.