Piano chords · Pop heartbeat
It’s A Laugh: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Daryl Hall
- A major
- 4/4
- 120 BPM
- 1978
- 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 It’s A Laugh without reading music. The left hand plays double-skip footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3 · 4 · 4&) and the right hand heartbeat chords.
It’s A Laugh accompaniment in letter notes
The C – Gm – F#m – G loop with double-skip footsteps in the left hand and heartbeat 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’s A Laugh
What are the letter notes for the It’s A Laugh 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 – Gm – F#m – G, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in It’s A Laugh?
The loop is C – Gm – F#m – G (bIII – bvii – vi – bVII) in A major, and the song ends on D – E – A.
What key is It’s A Laugh in?
A major, at about 120 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in It’s A Laugh?
Double-skip footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3 · 4 · 4&, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is It’s A Laugh 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.