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La Vie Boheme: piano accompaniment sheet music

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  • Ab major
  • 4/4
  • 96 BPM
  • 1996
  • Medium
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Left hand Walking rootsRight hand Deep-breath chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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La Vie Boheme written out as piano music: the I – V – bVI – iv loop in Ab major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays walking roots (root bass · quarters) and the right hand deep-breath chords.

La Vie Boheme chord chart

The loop once round, bar by bar, in Ab major. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.

BarChordNumeralNotes
1AbIAb C Eb
2EbVEb G Bb
3FbbVIFb Ab Cb
4DbmivDb Fb Ab

What the sheet music shows

The grand staff: the right hand on the treble staff, the left hand on the bass staff, with the chord names above and a finger number on each note (1 is the thumb). It is the accompaniment: walking roots (root bass · quarters) in the left hand and deep-breath chords in the right, over the Ab – Eb – Fb – Dbm chords.

Press play and a cursor follows the music. Above it, Colours paints each note in its key’s colour and Note names writes its letter on its head.

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Questions about La Vie Boheme

Does the sheet music for La Vie Boheme have finger numbers?

Yes: every note of both hands has its finger number, 1 being the thumb. To read the notes alone, turn Fingers off above the music.

What chords are in La Vie Boheme?

The loop is Ab – Eb – Fb – Dbm (I – V – bVI – iv) in Ab major, and the song ends on Db – Eb – Ab.

What key is La Vie Boheme in?

Ab major, at about 96 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in La Vie Boheme?

Walking roots: root bass · quarters, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is La Vie Boheme 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.