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It Only Happens When I Dance With You: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
- C major
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- ii–V7–I–vi loop
- 1947
- 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 It Only Happens When I Dance With You without reading music. The left hand plays lazy footsteps (root bass · 1 · 3 · 4) and the right hand wait-a-beat chords.
It Only Happens When I Dance With You accompaniment in letter notes
The Dm – G7 – C – Am loop with lazy footsteps 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 It Only Happens When I Dance With You
What are the letter notes for the It Only Happens When I Dance With You 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 Dm – G7 – C – Am, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in It Only Happens When I Dance With You?
The loop is Dm – G7 – C – Am (ii – V7 – I – vi) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.
What key is It Only Happens When I Dance With You in?
C major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in It Only Happens When I Dance With You?
Lazy footsteps: root bass · 1 · 3 · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is It Only Happens When I Dance With You 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 one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.