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I'll See You In Hawaii: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Tony Todaro

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Left hand Stride jumpsThe right hand sings the tuneChords 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'll See You In Hawaii without reading music. The left hand plays stride jumps (stride), and the right hand sings the tune.

I'll See You In Hawaii accompaniment in letter notes

The Eb7 – Ab – Eb7 – Ab loop with stride jumps in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Eb7
REb4+G4+Bb4
LEb2 Bb2+Eb3 Eb2 Bb2+Eb3
Bar 2
Ab
RAb4+C5+Eb5
LAb2 Eb3+Ab3 Ab2 Eb3+Ab3
Bar 3
Eb7
REb4+G4+Bb4
LEb2 Bb2+Eb3 Eb2 Bb2+Eb3
Bar 4
Ab
RAb4+C5+Eb5 Ab6 Eb6 C6 Ab5 G5 Gb5 F5 Fb5
LAb2 Eb3+Ab3 Ab2 Eb3+Ab3
Bar 5
Eb7
REb4+G4+Bb4
LEb2 Bb2+Eb3 Eb2 Bb2+Eb3
Bar 6
Ab
RAb4+C5+Eb5
LAb2 Eb3+Ab3 Ab2 Eb3+Ab3
Bar 7
Eb7
REb4+G4+Bb4
LEb2 Bb2+Eb3 Eb2 Bb2+Eb3
Bar 8
Ab
RAb4+C5+Eb5
LAb2 Eb3+Ab3 Ab2 Eb3+Ab3

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 See You In Hawaii

What are the letter notes for the I'll See You In Hawaii 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 Eb7 – Ab – Eb7 – Ab, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in I'll See You In Hawaii?

The loop is Eb7 – Ab – Eb7 – Ab (V7 – I – V7 – I) in Ab major, and the song ends on Bbm – Eb7 – Ab.

What key is I'll See You In Hawaii in?

Ab major, at about 120 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in I'll See You In Hawaii?

Stride jumps: stride, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is I'll See You In Hawaii 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.