Piano chords · Waltz garden
In My Own Lifetime: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Jerry Bock
- C major
- 3/4
- 112 BPM
- I–IV–I–IV loop
- 1970
- Medium
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 In My Own Lifetime without reading music. The left hand plays waltzing river (open arpeggio 1-5-8-9-10 (3/4)) and the right hand swaying waltz chords.
In My Own Lifetime accompaniment in letter notes
The C – F – C – F loop with waltzing river in the left hand and swaying waltz 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 In My Own Lifetime
What are the letter notes for the In My Own Lifetime 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 C – F – C – F, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in In My Own Lifetime?
The loop is C – F – C – F (I – IV – I – IV) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.
What key is In My Own Lifetime in?
C major, at about 112 beats a minute in 3/4.
What does the left hand play in In My Own Lifetime?
Waltzing river: open arpeggio 1-5-8-9-10 (3/4), a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is In My Own Lifetime easy to play on piano?
It is a medium one: learn the 4 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.
Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.