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I Loves You, Porgy: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By George Gershwin

  • F major
  • 4/4
  • 75 BPM
  • 1935
  • Easy
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Left hand Giant stepsRight hand Catch-up chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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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 Loves You, Porgy without reading music. The left hand plays giant steps (lh chords) and the right hand catch-up chords.

I Loves You, Porgy accompaniment in letter notes

The Csus4 – F – Csus4 – F loop with giant steps in the left hand and catch-up chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Csus4
RG4+C5+F5 G4+C5+F5 G4+C5+F5 G4+C5+F5 G4+C5+F5
LC3+G3+C4 G3+C4 G3+C4 G3+C4
Bar 2
F
RC5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5
LF2+C3+F3 C3+F3 C3+F3 C3+F3
Bar 3
Csus4
RG4+C5+F5 G4+C5+F5 G4+C5+F5 G4+C5+F5 G4+C5+F5
LC3+G3+C4 G3+C4 G3+C4 G3+C4
Bar 4
F
RC5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C7 A6 F6 C6 A5 Ab5 G5 Gb5
LF2+C3+F3 C3+F3 C3+F3 C3+F3
Bar 5
Csus4
RG4+C5+F5 G4+C5+F5 G4+C5+F5 G4+C5+F5 G4+C5+F5
LC3+G3+C4 G3+C4 G3+C4 G3+C4
Bar 6
F
RC5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5
LF2+C3+F3 C3+F3 C3+F3 C3+F3
Bar 7
Csus4
RG4+C5+F5 G4+C5+F5 G4+C5+F5 G4+C5+F5 G4+C5+F5
LC3+G3+C4 G3+C4 G3+C4 G3+C4
Bar 8
F
RC5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5
LF2+C3+F3 C3+F3 C3+F3 C3+F3

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 Loves You, Porgy

What are the letter notes for the I Loves You, Porgy 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 Csus4 – F – Csus4 – F, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in I Loves You, Porgy?

The loop is Csus4 – F – Csus4 – F (Vsus – I – Vsus – I) in F major, and the song ends on Bb – C – F.

What key is I Loves You, Porgy in?

F major, at about 75 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in I Loves You, Porgy?

Giant steps: lh chords, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is I Loves You, Porgy 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 3 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.