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Lovesick Blues: piano accompaniment sheet music
- F major
- 2/2
- 136 BPM
- III7–vi–III7–vi loop
- 2008
- Medium
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Lovesick Blues written out as piano music: the III7 – vi – III7 – vi loop in F major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays little-hill climb (broken chord 1-3-5-1) and the right hand double-skip chords.
Lovesick Blues chord chart
The loop once round, bar by bar, in F major. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.
| Bar | Chord | Numeral | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A7 | III7 | A C# E G |
| 2 | Dm | vi | D F A |
| 3 | A7 | III7 | A C# E G |
| 4 | Dm | vi | D F A |
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: little-hill climb (broken chord 1-3-5-1) in the left hand and double-skip chords in the right, over the A7 – Dm – A7 – Dm 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 Lovesick Blues
Does the sheet music for Lovesick Blues 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 Lovesick Blues?
The loop is A7 – Dm – A7 – Dm (III7 – vi – III7 – vi) in F major, and the song ends on G7 – C7 – F.
What key is Lovesick Blues in?
F major, at about 136 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in Lovesick Blues?
Little-hill climb: broken chord 1-3-5-1, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Lovesick Blues 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 one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.