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Ella, Elle L’a: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By France Gall
- E minor
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- 1987
- 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 Ella, Elle L’a without reading music. The left hand plays galloping heartbeat (root bass · 1 · 1a · 2 · 3 · 3a · 4) and the right hand cartwheel chords.
Ella, Elle L’a accompaniment in letter notes
The C – Am – D – Bm loop with galloping heartbeat in the left hand and cartwheel 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.
Play next
The same left hand: Galloping heartbeat
Questions about Ella, Elle L’a
What are the letter notes for the Ella, Elle L’a 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 – Am – D – Bm, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Ella, Elle L’a?
The loop is C – Am – D – Bm (bVI – iv – bVII – v) in E minor, and the song ends on C – D – Em.
What key is Ella, Elle L’a in?
E minor, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Ella, Elle L’a?
Galloping heartbeat: root bass · 1 · 1a · 2 · 3 · 3a · 4, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Ella, Elle L’a 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 one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.