Piano chords · Blues & boogie
How Are You Fixed for Love?: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by James Van Heusen
- Bb major
- 2/2
- 116 BPM
- V7–I–V–I loop
- 1958
- Easy
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 How Are You Fixed for Love? without reading music. The left hand plays jazz walk (walking bass) and the right hand skip-and-stroll chords.
How Are You Fixed for Love? accompaniment in letter notes
The F7 – Bb – F – Bb loop with jazz walk in the left hand and skip-and-stroll 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.
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Questions about How Are You Fixed for Love?
What are the letter notes for the How Are You Fixed for Love? 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 F7 – Bb – F – Bb, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in How Are You Fixed for Love??
The loop is F7 – Bb – F – Bb (V7 – I – V – I) in Bb major, and the song ends on Eb – F – Bb.
What key is How Are You Fixed for Love? in?
Bb major, at about 116 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in How Are You Fixed for Love??
Jazz walk: walking bass, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is How Are You Fixed for Love? 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.