Piano chords · Blues & boogie
Isn't It A Pity?: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
- C major
- 4/4
- 88 BPM
- Easy
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 Isn't It A Pity? without reading music. The left hand plays velvet jazz (lh shell voicings (1-7 / 1-3)) and the right hand pausing chords.
Isn't It A Pity? accompaniment in letter notes
The B7 – Em – Asus4 – A7 loop with velvet jazz in the left hand and pausing 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 Isn't It A Pity?
What are the letter notes for the Isn't It A Pity? 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 B7 – Em – Asus4 – A7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Isn't It A Pity??
The loop is B7 – Em – Asus4 – A7 (VII7 – iii – VIsus – VI7) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.
What key is Isn't It A Pity? in?
C major, at about 88 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Isn't It A Pity??
Velvet jazz: lh shell voicings (1-7 / 1-3), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Isn't It A Pity? 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 3 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.