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I Could Have Danced All Night: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Alan Jay Lerner
- Bb major
- 4/4
- 120 BPM
- 1956
- 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 I Could Have Danced All Night without reading music. The left hand plays walking roots (root bass · quarters) and the right hand bouncy bells.
The catchy part of I Could Have Danced All Night in letter notes
The real notes from a score, both hands, bar by bar. R is the right hand, L the left; C4 is middle C.
I Could Have Danced All Night accompaniment in letter notes
The Bb – Dm – Bb – Dm – Gm7 – Gm7 loop with walking roots in the left hand and bouncy bells 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 I Could Have Danced All Night
What are the letter notes for the I Could Have Danced All Night 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 Bb – Dm – Bb – Dm – Gm7 – Gm7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in I Could Have Danced All Night?
The loop is Bb – Dm – Bb – Dm – Gm7 – Gm7 (I – iii – I – iii – vi7 – I) in Bb major, and the song ends on Eb – F – Bb.
What key is I Could Have Danced All Night in?
Bb major, at about 120 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in I Could Have Danced All Night?
Walking roots: root bass · quarters, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is I Could Have Danced All Night easy to play on piano?
Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 6 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.
Can I hear the real melody of I Could Have Danced All Night?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the catchy part of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from 6 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.