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Dreamsville: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Henry Mancini

  • C major
  • 4/4
  • 78 BPM
  • 1959
  • Medium
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Left hand Dreamy waveThe 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 Dreamsville without reading music. The left hand plays dreamy wave (open arpeggio 1-5-9-10), and the right hand sings the tune.

Dreamsville accompaniment in letter notes

The C – Csus4 – C – Gm loop with dreamy wave in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
C
RC4+E4+G4
LC3 G3 D4 E4
Bar 2
Csus4
RC4+F4+G4
LC3 G3 D4 F4
Bar 3
C
RC4+E4+G4
LC3 G3 D4 E4
Bar 4
Gm
RG4+Bb4+D5 G4 Bb4 D5 G5 Bb5 D6 G6 Bb6
LG2 D3 A3 Bb3
Bar 5
C
RC4+E4+G4
LC3 G3 D4 E4
Bar 6
Csus4
RC4+F4+G4
LC3 G3 D4 F4
Bar 7
C
RC4+E4+G4
LC3 G3 D4 E4
Bar 8
Gm
RG4+Bb4+D5
LG2 D3 A3 Bb3

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 Dreamsville

What are the letter notes for the Dreamsville 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 C – Csus4 – C – Gm, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Dreamsville?

The loop is C – Csus4 – C – Gm (I – Isus – I – v) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.

What key is Dreamsville in?

C major, at about 78 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Dreamsville?

Dreamy wave: open arpeggio 1-5-9-10, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Dreamsville 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.