Piano chords · Waltz garden
I Feel Pretty: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Leonard Bernstein
- F major
- 3/4
- 160 BPM
- V–I–V–I loop
- 1956
- Medium
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 Feel Pretty without reading music. The left hand plays waltz ripple (broken chord 1-5-8 (3/4)) and the right hand chattering waltz.
I Feel Pretty accompaniment in letter notes
The C – F – C – F loop with waltz ripple in the left hand and chattering waltz 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 Feel Pretty
What are the letter notes for the I Feel Pretty 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 – F – C – F, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in I Feel Pretty?
The loop is C – F – C – F (V – I – V – I) in F major, and the song ends on F – C – F.
What key is I Feel Pretty in?
F major, at about 160 beats a minute in 3/4.
What does the left hand play in I Feel Pretty?
Waltz ripple: broken chord 1-5-8 (3/4), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is I Feel Pretty 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.