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Let's Face The Music And Dance: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Irving Berlin

  • C major
  • 4/4
  • 145 BPM
  • 1935
  • Easy
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Left hand Island zigzagRight hand Freeze-tag chordsChords 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 Let's Face The Music And Dance without reading music. The left hand plays island zigzag (broken chord 8-12-5) and the right hand freeze-tag chords.

Let's Face The Music And Dance accompaniment in letter notes

The C – Csus4 – C7 – F loop with island zigzag in the left hand and freeze-tag chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC4 G4 G3
Bar 2
Csus4
RF4+G4+C5 F4+G4+C5 F4+G4+C5
LC4 G4 G3
Bar 3
C7
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC4 G4 G3
Bar 4
F
RA4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 F4 A4 C5 F5 A5 C6 F6 A6
LF3 C4 C3
Bar 5
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC4 G4 G3
Bar 6
Csus4
RF4+G4+C5 F4+G4+C5 F4+G4+C5
LC4 G4 G3
Bar 7
C7
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC4 G4 G3
Bar 8
F
RA4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5
LF3 C4 C3

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 Let's Face The Music And Dance

What are the letter notes for the Let's Face The Music And Dance 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 – Csus4 – C7 – F, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Let's Face The Music And Dance?

The loop is C – Csus4 – C7 – F (I – Isus – I7 – IV) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.

What key is Let's Face The Music And Dance in?

C major, at about 145 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Let's Face The Music And Dance?

Island zigzag: broken chord 8-12-5, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Let's Face The Music And Dance 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 3 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.