Piano chords · Pop heartbeat
Are You Ready For The Summer?: piano accompaniment sheet music
Written by Elmer Bernstein
- Bb major
- 4/4
- 154 BPM
- 1979
- Medium
Play the full song with sheet music
Are You Ready For The Summer? written out as piano music: the II – IV – I – I7 loop in Bb major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays double-skip footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3 · 4 · 4&) and the right hand push chords.
Are You Ready For The Summer? chord chart
The loop once round, bar by bar, in Bb major. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.
| Bar | Chord | Numeral | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C | II | C E G |
| 2 | Eb | IV | Eb G Bb |
| 3 | Bb | I | Bb D F |
| 4 | Bb7 | I7 | Bb D F Ab |
What the sheet music shows
The grand staff: the right hand on the treble staff, the left hand on the bass staff, with the chord names above and a finger number on each note (1 is the thumb). It is the accompaniment: double-skip footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3 · 4 · 4&) in the left hand and push chords in the right, over the C – Eb – Bb – Bb7 chords.
Press play and a cursor follows the music. Above it, Colours paints each note in its key’s colour and Note names writes its letter on its head.
Play next
Questions about Are You Ready For The Summer?
Does the sheet music for Are You Ready For The Summer? have finger numbers?
Yes: every note of both hands has its finger number, 1 being the thumb. To read the notes alone, turn Fingers off above the music.
What chords are in Are You Ready For The Summer??
The loop is C – Eb – Bb – Bb7 (II – IV – I – I7) in Bb major, and the song ends on Bb – Cm – Bb.
What key is Are You Ready For The Summer? in?
Bb major, at about 154 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Are You Ready For The Summer??
Double-skip footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3 · 4 · 4&, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Are You Ready For The Summer? 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.