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Blame It On The Bossa Nova: piano accompaniment sheet music
Written by Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil
- F major
- 2/2
- 120 BPM
- 1962
- Medium
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Blame It On The Bossa Nova written out as piano music: the V7 – I – V7 – I loop in F major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays island zigzag (broken chord 8-12-5) and the right hand ticking clock.
Blame It On The Bossa Nova chord chart
The loop once round, bar by bar, in F 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 | C7 | V7 | C E G Bb |
| 4 | F | I | F A C |
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: island zigzag (broken chord 8-12-5) in the left hand and ticking clock in the right, over the C7 – C7 – C7 – F 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.
To see the real melody written out, play “The part you know”: the sheet music changes to it.
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Questions about Blame It On The Bossa Nova
Does the sheet music for Blame It On The Bossa Nova 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 Blame It On The Bossa Nova?
The loop is C7 – C7 – C7 – F (V7 – I – V7 – I) in F major, and the song ends on F – Bb – F.
What key is Blame It On The Bossa Nova in?
F major, at about 120 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in Blame It On The Bossa Nova?
Island zigzag: broken chord 8-12-5, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Blame It On The Bossa Nova 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.
Can I hear the real melody of Blame It On The Bossa Nova?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the repeating figure of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.