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Au Bal De La Chance: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Edith Piaf

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Left hand Oom-pah-pahRight hand Waltz chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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 Au Bal De La Chance without reading music. The left hand plays oom-pah-pah (waltz oom-pah-pah) and the right hand waltz chords.

Au Bal De La Chance accompaniment in letter notes

The F – C7 – F – C7 loop with oom-pah-pah in the left hand and waltz chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
F
RF4+A4+C5 F4+A4+C5 F4+A4+C5
LF2 A2+C3 A2+C3
Bar 2
C7
RC4+E4+G4 C4+E4+G4 C4+E4+G4
LC3 E3+G3 E3+G3
Bar 3
F
RF4+A4+C5 F4+A4+C5 F4+A4+C5
LF2 A2+C3 A2+C3
Bar 4
C7
RC4+E4+G4 E4 G4 Bb4 C5 E5 G5 Bb5 C6
LC3 E3+G3 E3+G3
Bar 5
F
RF4+A4+C5 F4+A4+C5 F4+A4+C5
LF2 A2+C3 A2+C3
Bar 6
C7
RC4+E4+G4 C4+E4+G4 C4+E4+G4
LC3 E3+G3 E3+G3
Bar 7
F
RF4+A4+C5 F4+A4+C5 F4+A4+C5
LF2 A2+C3 A2+C3
Bar 8
C7
RC4+E4+G4 C4+E4+G4 C4+E4+G4
LC3 E3+G3 E3+G3

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 Au Bal De La Chance

What are the letter notes for the Au Bal De La Chance 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 F – C7 – F – C7, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Au Bal De La Chance?

The loop is F – C7 – F – C7 (I – V7 – I – V7) in F major, and the song ends on Bb – C – F.

What key is Au Bal De La Chance in?

F major, at about 110 beats a minute in 3/4.

What does the left hand play in Au Bal De La Chance?

Oom-pah-pah: waltz oom-pah-pah, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Au Bal De La Chance 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 one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.