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Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Ed McCurdy

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Left hand Waltz rippleRight hand Waltz bellsChords the loop the song repeats most

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 Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream without reading music. The left hand plays waltz ripple (broken chord 1-5-8 (3/4)) and the right hand waltz bells.

Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream accompaniment in letter notes

The C – C7 – F – C loop with waltz ripple in the left hand and waltz bells in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
C
RC5 E4+G4 E4+G4
LC3 G3 C4
Bar 2
C7
RC5 E4+G4 E4+G4
LC3 G3 C4
Bar 3
F
RF5 A4+C5 A4+C5
LF2 C3 F3
Bar 4
C
RC5 E4 G4 C5 E5 G5 C6 E6 G6
LC3 G3 C4
Bar 5
C
RC5 E4+G4 E4+G4
LC3 G3 C4
Bar 6
C7
RC5 E4+G4 E4+G4
LC3 G3 C4
Bar 7
F
RF5 A4+C5 A4+C5
LF2 C3 F3
Bar 8
C
RC5 E4+G4 E4+G4
LC3 G3 C4

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 Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream

What are the letter notes for the Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream 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 – C7 – F – C, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream?

The loop is C – C7 – F – C (I – I7 – IV – I) in C major, and the song ends on C – F – C.

What key is Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream in?

C major, at about 135 beats a minute in 3/4.

What does the left hand play in Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream?

Waltz ripple: broken chord 1-5-8 (3/4), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream 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.