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I’m Putting All My Eggs In One Basket: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Irving Berlin

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Left hand Stride jumpsRight hand Steady 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’m Putting All My Eggs In One Basket without reading music. The left hand plays stride jumps (stride) and the right hand steady chords.

I’m Putting All My Eggs In One Basket accompaniment in letter notes

The G7 – C – Am – Dm loop with stride jumps in the left hand and steady chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
G7
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5
LG2 D3+G3 G2 D3+G3
Bar 2
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC3 G3+C4 C3 G3+C4
Bar 3
Am
RC4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4
LA2 E3+A3 A2 E3+A3
Bar 4
Dm
RF4+A4+D5 F4+A4+D5 D7 A6 F6 D6 A5 G#5 G5 F#5
LD2 A2+D3 D2 A2+D3
Bar 5
G7
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5
LG2 D3+G3 G2 D3+G3
Bar 6
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC3 G3+C4 C3 G3+C4
Bar 7
Am
RC4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4
LA2 E3+A3 A2 E3+A3
Bar 8
Dm
RF4+A4+D5 F4+A4+D5 F4+A4+D5 F4+A4+D5
LD2 A2+D3 D2 A2+D3

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’m Putting All My Eggs In One Basket

What are the letter notes for the I’m Putting All My Eggs In One Basket 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 – Am – Dm, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in I’m Putting All My Eggs In One Basket?

The loop is G7 – C – Am – Dm (V7 – I – vi – ii) in C major, and the song ends on C – Dm – C.

What key is I’m Putting All My Eggs In One Basket in?

C major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in I’m Putting All My Eggs In One Basket?

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

Is I’m Putting All My Eggs In One Basket 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.