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Dear Heart: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Henry Mancini

  • F major
  • 3/4
  • 135 BPM
  • 1964
  • Medium
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Left hand Waltz strideRight hand Sleepy waltz chordsChords 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 Dear Heart without reading music. The left hand plays waltz stride (stride (3/4)) and the right hand sleepy waltz chords.

Dear Heart accompaniment in letter notes

The Cm – F7 – Bb – Bdim loop with waltz stride in the left hand and sleepy waltz chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Cm
REb4+G4 Eb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4+C5
LC3 G3+Eb4 C4
Bar 2
F7
RA4+C5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5
LF2 C3+A3 F3
Bar 3
Bb
RD4+F4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4
LBb2 F3+D4 Bb3
Bar 4
Bdim
RD4+F4 F4 B4 D5 F5 B5 D6 F6 B6
LB2 F3+D4 B3
Bar 5
Cm
REb4+G4 Eb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4+C5
LC3 G3+Eb4 C4
Bar 6
F7
RA4+C5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5
LF2 C3+A3 F3
Bar 7
Bb
RD4+F4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4
LBb2 F3+D4 Bb3
Bar 8
Bdim
RD4+F4 D4+F4+B4 D4+F4+B4
LB2 F3+D4 B3

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 Dear Heart

What are the letter notes for the Dear 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 Cm – F7 – Bb – Bdim, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Dear Heart?

The loop is Cm – F7 – Bb – Bdim (v – I7 – IV – #ivo) in F major, and the song ends on Bb – C – F.

What key is Dear Heart in?

F major, at about 135 beats a minute in 3/4.

What does the left hand play in Dear Heart?

Waltz stride: stride (3/4), a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Dear 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.