Piano chords · Old-time stride
It Might As Well Be Spring: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
- G major
- 2/2
- 92 BPM
- 1945
- 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 It Might As Well Be Spring without reading music. The left hand plays stride jumps (stride) and the right hand steady chords.
The repeating figure of It Might As Well Be Spring 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.
It Might As Well Be Spring accompaniment in letter notes
The G – G – Gmaj7 – Dm7 – G7 – C – Cdim 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.
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 It Might As Well Be Spring
What are the letter notes for the It Might As Well Be Spring 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 G – G – Gmaj7 – Dm7 – G7 – C – Cdim, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in It Might As Well Be Spring?
The loop is G – G – Gmaj7 – Dm7 – G7 – C – Cdim (I – Imaj7 – v7 – I7 – IV – iv° – I) in G major, and the song ends on G – C – G.
What key is It Might As Well Be Spring in?
G major, at about 92 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in It Might As Well Be Spring?
Stride jumps: stride, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is It Might As Well Be Spring 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 It Might As Well Be Spring?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the repeating figure of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from 6 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.