Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
I’ll Be Seeing You: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Irving Kahal
- Eb major
- 2/2
- 100 BPM
- 1938
- Medium
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’ll Be Seeing You without reading music. The left hand plays bobbing boat (open arpeggio 8-12-1-8) and the right hand steady chords.
The catchy part of I’ll Be Seeing You in letter notes
The real notes from a score, both hands, bar by bar. R is the right hand, L the left; C4 is middle C.
I’ll Be Seeing You accompaniment in letter notes
The Fm – C7 – Fm – Fm – C7 – Fm – Bb7 loop with bobbing boat in the left hand and steady 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’ll Be Seeing You
What are the letter notes for the I’ll Be Seeing You 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 Fm – C7 – Fm – Fm – C7 – Fm – Bb7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in I’ll Be Seeing You?
The loop is Fm – C7 – Fm – Fm – C7 – Fm – Bb7 (ii – VI7 – ii – VI7 – ii – V7 – ii) in Eb major, and the song ends on Eb – Fm – Eb.
What key is I’ll Be Seeing You in?
Eb major, at about 100 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in I’ll Be Seeing You?
Bobbing boat: open arpeggio 8-12-1-8, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is I’ll Be Seeing You easy to play on piano?
It is a medium one: learn the 7 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.
Can I hear the real melody of I’ll Be Seeing You?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the catchy part of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from 4 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.