Piano chords · Blues & boogie
Isn’t This A Lovely Day?: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Top Hat Cast
- G major
- 2/2
- 100 BPM
- 1935
- Easy
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 Isn’t This A Lovely Day? without reading music. The left hand plays velvet jazz (lh shell voicings (1-7 / 1-3)) and the right hand wait-a-beat chords.
The catchy part of Isn’t This A Lovely Day? 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.
Isn’t This A Lovely Day? accompaniment in letter notes
The C – Cm – Cm – D7 – G – G – G7 loop with velvet jazz in the left hand and wait-a-beat 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 This A Lovely Day?
What are the letter notes for the Isn’t This A Lovely Day? 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 – Cm – Cm – D7 – G – G – G7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Isn’t This A Lovely Day??
The loop is C – Cm – Cm – D7 – G – G – G7 (IV – iv – V7 – I – I7 – IV – iv) in G major, and the song ends on G – C – G.
What key is Isn’t This A Lovely Day? in?
G major, at about 100 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in Isn’t This A Lovely Day??
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 This A Lovely Day? easy to play on piano?
Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 7 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.
Can I hear the real melody of Isn’t This A Lovely Day??
Yes: "The part you know" plays the catchy part of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.