Piano chords · Blues & boogie
I Love My Wife: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Harvey Schmidt
- Eb major
- 2/2
- 120 BPM
- 1966
- Easy
Play the full song with sheet music
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 Love My Wife without reading music. The left hand plays velvet jazz (lh shell voicings (1-7 / 1-3)) and the right hand wait-a-beat chords.
I Love My Wife accompaniment in letter notes
The Eb – Cm – F7 – Fm loop with velvet jazz in the left hand and wait-a-beat 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 I Love My Wife
What are the letter notes for the I Love My Wife 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 Eb – Cm – F7 – Fm, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in I Love My Wife?
The loop is Eb – Cm – F7 – Fm (I – vi – II7 – ii) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Eb.
What key is I Love My Wife in?
Eb major, at about 120 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in I Love My Wife?
Velvet jazz: lh shell voicings (1-7 / 1-3), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is I Love My Wife 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.