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If You Are But A Dream: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Nathan Bonx, Jack Fulton & others
- C major
- 2/2
- 110 BPM
- 1941
- 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 If You Are But A Dream without reading music. The left hand plays lazy footsteps (root bass · 1 · 3 · 4) and the right hand wait-a-beat chords.
If You Are But A Dream accompaniment in letter notes
The G7 – C – Em – C loop with lazy footsteps 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 If You Are But A Dream
What are the letter notes for the If You Are But A Dream 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 G7 – C – Em – C, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in If You Are But A Dream?
The loop is G7 – C – Em – C (V7 – I – iii – I) in C major, and the song ends on C – Dm – C.
What key is If You Are But A Dream in?
C major, at about 110 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in If You Are But A Dream?
Lazy footsteps: root bass · 1 · 3 · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is If You Are But A Dream 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.