Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
How Little We Know: piano accompaniment sheet music
Written by Philip Springer
- F major
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- 1956
- Medium
Play the full song with sheet music
How Little We Know written out as piano music: the I – ii – iii – vi loop in F major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays open sky (open arpeggio 1-5-10) and the right hand hopscotch bells.
How Little We Know chord chart
The loop once round, bar by bar, in F major. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.
| Bar | Chord | Numeral | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | F | I | F A C |
| 2 | Gm | ii | G Bb D |
| 3 | Am | iii | A C E |
| 4 | Dm | vi | D F A |
What the sheet music shows
The grand staff: the right hand on the treble staff, the left hand on the bass staff, with the chord names above and a finger number on each note (1 is the thumb). It is the accompaniment: open sky (open arpeggio 1-5-10) in the left hand and hopscotch bells in the right, over the F – Gm – Am – Dm chords.
Press play and a cursor follows the music. Above it, Colours paints each note in its key’s colour and Note names writes its letter on its head.
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Questions about How Little We Know
Does the sheet music for How Little We Know have finger numbers?
Yes: every note of both hands has its finger number, 1 being the thumb. To read the notes alone, turn Fingers off above the music.
What chords are in How Little We Know?
The loop is F – Gm – Am – Dm (I – ii – iii – vi) in F major, and the song ends on F – C7 – F.
What key is How Little We Know in?
F major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in How Little We Know?
Open sky: open arpeggio 1-5-10, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is How Little We Know 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.