Piano chords · Blues & boogie
Mad About Him, Sad Without Him, How Can I Be Glad Without Him Blues: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Larry Markes & Dick Charles
- C major
- 4/4
- 88 BPM
- V7–I–I7–IV loop
- 1942
- Medium
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 Mad About Him, Sad Without Him, How Can I Be Glad Without Him Blues without reading music. The left hand plays boogie walker (boogie-woogie line), and the right hand sings the tune.
Mad About Him, Sad Without Him, How Can I Be Glad Without Him Blues accompaniment in letter notes
The G7 – C – C7 – F loop with boogie walker in the left hand. 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 Mad About Him, Sad Without Him, How Can I Be Glad Without Him Blues
What are the letter notes for the Mad About Him, Sad Without Him, How Can I Be Glad Without Him Blues 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 G7 – C – C7 – F, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Mad About Him, Sad Without Him, How Can I Be Glad Without Him Blues?
The loop is G7 – C – C7 – F (V7 – I – I7 – IV) in C major, and the song ends on C – G7 – C.
What key is Mad About Him, Sad Without Him, How Can I Be Glad Without Him Blues in?
C major, at about 88 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Mad About Him, Sad Without Him, How Can I Be Glad Without Him Blues?
Boogie walker: boogie-woogie line, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Mad About Him, Sad Without Him, How Can I Be Glad Without Him 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.