Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
Love Is Blue (L'amour Est Bleu): easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Robert Goulet
- G major
- 4/4
- 90 BPM
- 1966
- Easy
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 Is Blue (L'amour Est Bleu) without reading music. The left hand plays gentle rocking (broken chord 1-5-8-5) and the right hand lub-dub chords.
Love Is Blue (L'amour Est Bleu) accompaniment in letter notes
The Em – A7 – D – G loop with gentle rocking in the left hand and lub-dub 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 Love Is Blue (L'amour Est Bleu)
What are the letter notes for the Love Is Blue (L'amour Est Bleu) 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 Em – A7 – D – G, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Love Is Blue (L'amour Est Bleu)?
The loop is Em – A7 – D – G (vi – II7 – V – I) in G major, and the song ends on C – D – G.
What key is Love Is Blue (L'amour Est Bleu) in?
G major, at about 90 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Love Is Blue (L'amour Est Bleu)?
Gentle rocking: broken chord 1-5-8-5, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Love Is Blue (L'amour Est Bleu) 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.