Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
Make Someone Happy: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Jule Styne
- F major
- 4/4
- 140 BPM
- 1960
- Medium
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 Make Someone Happy without reading music. The left hand plays rolling waves (open arpeggio 1-5-10-5) and the right hand soft chords.
The bass riff of Make Someone Happy 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.
Make Someone Happy accompaniment in letter notes
The C7 – F – Bb7 – Am loop with rolling waves in the left hand and soft 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 Make Someone Happy
What are the letter notes for the Make Someone Happy 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 C7 – F – Bb7 – Am, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Make Someone Happy?
The loop is C7 – F – Bb7 – Am (V7 – I – IV7 – iii) in F major, and the song ends on Bb – C – F.
What key is Make Someone Happy in?
F major, at about 140 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Make Someone Happy?
Rolling waves: open arpeggio 1-5-10-5, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Make Someone Happy 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.
Can I hear the real melody of Make Someone Happy?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the bass riff 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.