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Be Careful, It's My Heart: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Irving Berlin

  • F major
  • 4/4
  • 85 BPM
  • 1942
  • Medium
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Left hand Open skyRight hand Pausing chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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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 Be Careful, It's My Heart without reading music. The left hand plays open sky (open arpeggio 1-5-10) and the right hand pausing chords.

Be Careful, It's My Heart accompaniment in letter notes

The Gm – C7 – Gm – Csus4 loop with open sky in the left hand and pausing chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Gm
RBb4+D5+G5 Bb4+D5+G5 Bb4+D5+G5
LG2 D3 Bb3
Bar 2
C7
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC3 G3 E4
Bar 3
Gm
RBb4+D5+G5 Bb4+D5+G5 Bb4+D5+G5
LG2 D3 Bb3
Bar 4
Csus4
RF4+G4+C5 F4+G4+C5 F4 G4 C5 F5 G5 C6 F6 G6
LC3 G3 F4
Bar 5
Gm
RBb4+D5+G5 Bb4+D5+G5 Bb4+D5+G5
LG2 D3 Bb3
Bar 6
C7
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC3 G3 E4
Bar 7
Gm
RBb4+D5+G5 Bb4+D5+G5 Bb4+D5+G5
LG2 D3 Bb3
Bar 8
Csus4
RF4+G4+C5 F4+G4+C5 F4+G4+C5
LC3 G3 F4

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 Be Careful, It's My Heart

What are the letter notes for the Be Careful, It's My Heart 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 Gm – C7 – Gm – Csus4, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Be Careful, It's My Heart?

The loop is Gm – C7 – Gm – Csus4 (ii – V7 – ii – Vsus) in F major, and the song ends on Bb – C – F.

What key is Be Careful, It's My Heart in?

F major, at about 85 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Be Careful, It's My Heart?

Open sky: open arpeggio 1-5-10, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Be Careful, It's My Heart 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.