Piano chords · Old-time stride
As If We Never Said Goodbye (from Sunset Boulevard): easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
- Eb major
- 4/4
- 96 BPM
- 1993
- 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 As If We Never Said Goodbye (from Sunset Boulevard) without reading music. The left hand plays oom-pah (bass + chords) and the right hand pumping chords.
The main tune of As If We Never Said Goodbye (from Sunset Boulevard) 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.
As If We Never Said Goodbye (from Sunset Boulevard) accompaniment in letter notes
The Gm7 – Gm7 – Eb – Gm – Gm7 loop with oom-pah in the left hand and pumping 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 As If We Never Said Goodbye (from Sunset Boulevard)
What are the letter notes for the As If We Never Said Goodbye (from Sunset Boulevard) 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 Gm7 – Gm7 – Eb – Gm – Gm7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in As If We Never Said Goodbye (from Sunset Boulevard)?
The loop is Gm7 – Gm7 – Eb – Gm – Gm7 (iii7 – I – iii – iii7 – I) in Eb major, and the song ends on Bb – Ab – Eb.
What key is As If We Never Said Goodbye (from Sunset Boulevard) in?
Eb major, at about 96 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in As If We Never Said Goodbye (from Sunset Boulevard)?
Oom-pah: bass + chords, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is As If We Never Said Goodbye (from Sunset Boulevard) easy to play on piano?
It is a medium one: learn the 5 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.
Can I hear the real melody of As If We Never Said Goodbye (from Sunset Boulevard)?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the main tune of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from 6 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.