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Are You Lonesome Tonight: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
- C major
- 3/4
- 130 BPM
- Easy
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 Are You Lonesome Tonight without reading music. The left hand plays waltz ripple (broken chord 1-5-8 (3/4)) and the right hand waltz bells.
Are You Lonesome Tonight accompaniment in letter notes
The G7 – C – F – Fm loop with waltz ripple in the left hand and waltz bells 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 Are You Lonesome Tonight
What are the letter notes for the Are You Lonesome Tonight 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 G7 – C – F – Fm, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Are You Lonesome Tonight?
The loop is G7 – C – F – Fm (V7 – I – IV – iv) in C major, and the song ends on F – Fm – C.
What key is Are You Lonesome Tonight in?
C major, at about 130 beats a minute in 3/4.
What does the left hand play in Are You Lonesome Tonight?
Waltz ripple: broken chord 1-5-8 (3/4), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Are You Lonesome Tonight 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.