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Days Of Wine And Roses: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Henry Mancini

  • F major
  • 4/4
  • 160 BPM
  • 1962
  • Medium
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Left hand Power fifthsRight hand Push chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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 Days Of Wine And Roses without reading music. The left hand plays power fifths (lh power fifths) and the right hand push chords.

Days Of Wine And Roses accompaniment in letter notes

The Dsus4 – D7 – Gm – Bbm loop with power fifths in the left hand and push chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Dsus4
RG4+A4+D5 G4+A4+D5 G4+A4+D5
LD3+A3 D3+A3 D2+A2
Bar 2
D7
RF#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5
LD3+A3 D3+A3 D2+A2
Bar 3
Gm
RBb4+D5+G5 Bb4+D5+G5 Bb4+D5+G5
LG3+D4 G3+D4 G2+D3
Bar 4
Bbm
RDb4+F4+Bb4 Db4+F4+Bb4 Db4+F4+Bb4 Bb6 F6 Db6 Bb5 Gb5 F5 E5 Eb5
LBb3+F4 Bb3+F4 Bb2+F3
Bar 5
Dsus4
RG4+A4+D5 G4+A4+D5 G4+A4+D5
LD3+A3 D3+A3 D2+A2
Bar 6
D7
RF#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5
LD3+A3 D3+A3 D2+A2
Bar 7
Gm
RBb4+D5+G5 Bb4+D5+G5 Bb4+D5+G5
LG3+D4 G3+D4 G2+D3
Bar 8
Bbm
RDb4+F4+Bb4 Db4+F4+Bb4 Db4+F4+Bb4
LBb3+F4 Bb3+F4 Bb2+F3

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 Days Of Wine And Roses

What are the letter notes for the Days Of Wine And Roses 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 Dsus4 – D7 – Gm – Bbm, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Days Of Wine And Roses?

The loop is Dsus4 – D7 – Gm – Bbm (VIsus – VI7 – ii – iv) in F major, and the song ends on Bb – C – F.

What key is Days Of Wine And Roses in?

F major, at about 160 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Days Of Wine And Roses?

Power fifths: lh power fifths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Days Of Wine And Roses 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 6 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.