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Colour My World: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Chicago

  • F major
  • 12/8
  • 75 BPM
  • 1970
  • Easy
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Left hand Slow-dance heartbeatThe right hand sings the tuneChords the loop the song repeats most

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 Colour My World without reading music. The left hand plays slow-dance heartbeat (root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 (12/8)), and the right hand sings the tune.

Colour My World accompaniment in letter notes

The F – Am – Bb – Eb loop with slow-dance heartbeat in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
F
RF4+A4+C5
LF2 F2 F2 F2
Bar 2
Am
RA3+C4+E4
LA2 A2 A2 A2
Bar 3
Bb
RBb3+D4+F4
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 4
Eb
REb4+G4+Bb4 G4 Bb4 Eb5 G5 Bb5 Eb6 G6 Bb6
LEb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2
Bar 5
F
RF4+A4+C5
LF2 F2 F2 F2
Bar 6
Am
RA3+C4+E4
LA2 A2 A2 A2
Bar 7
Bb
RBb3+D4+F4
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 8
Eb
REb4+G4+Bb4
LEb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2

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 Colour My World

What are the letter notes for the Colour My World 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 – Am – Bb – Eb, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Colour My World?

The loop is F – Am – Bb – Eb (I – iii – IV – bVII) in F major, and the song ends on Bb – C – F.

What key is Colour My World in?

F major, at about 75 beats a minute in 12/8.

What does the left hand play in Colour My World?

Slow-dance heartbeat: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 (12/8), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Colour My World 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.