Piano chords · Old-time stride
How The Other Half Lives: piano accompaniment sheet music
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- C major
- 2/2
- 100 BPM
- VI7–II7–V7–I loop
- Medium
How The Other Half Lives written out as piano music: the VI7 – II7 – V7 – I loop in C major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays boom-chick (boom-chick) and the right hand ticking clock.
How The Other Half Lives chord chart
The loop once round, bar by bar, in C 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 | A7 | VI7 | A C# E G |
| 2 | D7 | II7 | D F# A C |
| 3 | G7 | V7 | G B D F |
| 4 | C | I | C E G |
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: boom-chick (boom-chick) in the left hand and ticking clock in the right, over the A7 – D7 – G7 – C 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 The Other Half Lives
Does the sheet music for How The Other Half Lives 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 The Other Half Lives?
The loop is A7 – D7 – G7 – C (VI7 – II7 – V7 – I) in C major, and the song ends on C – F7 – C.
What key is How The Other Half Lives in?
C major, at about 100 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in How The Other Half Lives?
Boom-chick: boom-chick, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is How The Other Half Lives 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.