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I’ve Got You Under My Skin: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Cole Porter
- Eb major
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- 1936
- 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 I’ve Got You Under My Skin without reading music. The left hand plays lazy footsteps (root bass · 1 · 3 · 4) and the right hand groovy chords.
The main tune of I’ve Got You Under My Skin 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.
I’ve Got You Under My Skin accompaniment in letter notes
The Fm – Bb – Eb – Gm – Eb – Cm7 loop with lazy footsteps in the left hand and groovy 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 I’ve Got You Under My Skin
What are the letter notes for the I’ve Got You Under My Skin 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 Fm – Bb – Eb – Gm – Eb – Cm7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in I’ve Got You Under My Skin?
The loop is Fm – Bb – Eb – Gm – Eb – Cm7 (ii – V – I – iii – I – vi7) in Eb major, and the song ends on Eb – Bb7 – Eb.
What key is I’ve Got You Under My Skin in?
Eb major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in I’ve Got You Under My Skin?
Lazy footsteps: root bass · 1 · 3 · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is I’ve Got You Under My Skin easy to play on piano?
It is a medium one: learn the 6 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.
Can I hear the real melody of I’ve Got You Under My Skin?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the main tune of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from 4 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.