Piano chords · Old-time stride
Baby, It's Cold Outside: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
- Bb major
- 4/4
- 85 BPM
- ii–V7–I–ii loop
- 1948
- 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 Baby, It's Cold Outside without reading music. The left hand plays stride jumps (stride) and the right hand swinging star.
Baby, It's Cold Outside accompaniment in letter notes
The Cm – F7 – Bb – Cm loop with stride jumps in the left hand and swinging star 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 Baby, It's Cold Outside
What are the letter notes for the Baby, It's Cold Outside 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 Cm – F7 – Bb – Cm, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Baby, It's Cold Outside?
The loop is Cm – F7 – Bb – Cm (ii – V7 – I – ii) in Bb major, and the song ends on Eb – F – Bb.
What key is Baby, It's Cold Outside in?
Bb major, at about 85 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Baby, It's Cold Outside?
Stride jumps: stride, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Baby, It's Cold Outside 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 3 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.