Piano chords · Old-time stride
I Want To Be Happy: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Irving Caesar
- C major
- 2/2
- 140 BPM
- ii–V7–ii–V7 loop
- 1924
- 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 Want To Be Happy without reading music. The left hand plays boom-chick (boom-chick) and the right hand hopscotch chords.
I Want To Be Happy accompaniment in letter notes
The Dm – G7 – Dm – G7 loop with boom-chick in the left hand and hopscotch 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 Want To Be Happy
What are the letter notes for the I Want To Be Happy 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 Want To Be Happy?
The loop is Dm – G7 – Dm – G7 (ii – V7 – ii – V7) in C major, and the song ends on C – G7 – C.
What key is I Want To Be Happy in?
C major, at about 140 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in I Want To Be Happy?
Boom-chick: boom-chick, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is I Want To Be Happy 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.