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Love And Marriage: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Frank Sinatra

  • C major
  • 4/4
  • 100 BPM
  • 1955
  • Easy
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Left hand Stride jumpsThe right hand sings the tuneChords worked out from the notes of the famous part

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 Love And Marriage without reading music. The left hand plays stride jumps (stride), and the right hand sings the tune.

The main tune of Love And Marriage 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.

Bar 1
C → G
RC4 G4 Ab4 A4
LC3 G2
Bar 2
G
RB3 G4 Ab4 A4
LD3 G2
Bar 3
C → Em
RC4 B3 C4 D4 E4 G4
LC3 E3
Bar 4
F
RF4 C5 Db5 D5
LF3 F3

Love And Marriage accompaniment in letter notes

The C – G – G – C – Em – F loop with stride jumps in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
C → G
RC4+E4+G4 G4+B4+D5
LC3 G3+C4 G2 D3+G3
Bar 2
G
RG4+B4+D5
LG2 D3+G3 G2 D3+G3
Bar 3
C → Em
RC4+E4+G4 E4+G4+B4
LC3 G3+C4 E2 B2+E3
Bar 4
F
RF4+A4+C5 A6 F6 C6 A5 Ab5 G5 Gb5 F5
LF2 C3+F3 F2 C3+F3
Bar 5
C → G
RC4+E4+G4 G4+B4+D5
LC3 G3+C4 G2 D3+G3
Bar 6
G
RG4+B4+D5
LG2 D3+G3 G2 D3+G3
Bar 7
C → Em
RC4+E4+G4 E4+G4+B4
LC3 G3+C4 E2 B2+E3
Bar 8
F
RF4+A4+C5
LF2 C3+F3 F2 C3+F3

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 Love And Marriage

What are the letter notes for the Love And Marriage 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 – G – G – C – Em – F, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Love And Marriage?

The loop is C – G – G – C – Em – F (I – V – I – iii – IV – I) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.

What key is Love And Marriage in?

C major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Love And Marriage?

Stride jumps: stride, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Love And Marriage easy to play on piano?

Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 6 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.

Can I hear the real melody of Love And Marriage?

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.