Piano chords · Rock drive
Body And Soul: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Tony Bennett & Amy Winehouse
- Db major
- 4/4
- 60 BPM
- 1930
- 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 Body And Soul without reading music. The left hand plays power fifths (lh power fifths) and the right hand steady chords.
The intro of Body And Soul 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.
Body And Soul accompaniment in letter notes
The Bbm – Ebm7 – Ab7 – Db – Gb – Db – Ebm7 – Ddim loop with power fifths in the left hand and steady 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 Body And Soul
What are the letter notes for the Body And Soul 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 Bbm – Ebm7 – Ab7 – Db – Gb – Db – Ebm7 – Ddim, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Body And Soul?
The loop is Bbm – Ebm7 – Ab7 – Db – Gb – Db – Ebm7 – Ddim (vi – ii7 – V7 – I – IV – I – ii7 – bii°) in Db major, and the song ends on Gb – Ab – Db.
What key is Body And Soul in?
Db major, at about 60 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Body And Soul?
Power fifths: lh power fifths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Body And Soul easy to play on piano?
It is a medium one: learn the 8 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.
Can I hear the real melody of Body And Soul?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the intro of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from 7 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.