Piano chords · Old-time stride
I Love Paris: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Cole Porter
- C minor
- 2/2
- 150 BPM
- ii–V7–ii–V7 loop
- 1952
- 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 Love Paris without reading music. The left hand plays stride jumps (stride) and the right hand hopscotch bells.
I Love Paris accompaniment in letter notes
The Dm – G7 – Dm – G7 loop with stride jumps in the left hand and hopscotch 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 Love Paris
What are the letter notes for the I Love Paris 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 Dm – G7 – Dm – G7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in I Love Paris?
The loop is Dm – G7 – Dm – G7 (ii – V7 – ii – V7) in C minor, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Cm.
What key is I Love Paris in?
C minor, at about 150 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in I Love Paris?
Stride jumps: stride, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is I Love Paris 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 4 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.