Piano chords · Slow dance ’50s
Memory: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
- Bb major
- 12/8
- 87 BPM
- 1981
- 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 Memory without reading music. The left hand plays jukebox leaps (stride (12/8)) and the right hand slow-dance chords.
The main tune of Memory 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.
Memory accompaniment in letter notes
The Gm – Eb – F – Dm – Cm7 loop with jukebox leaps in the left hand and slow-dance 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 Memory
What are the letter notes for the Memory 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 Gm – Eb – F – Dm – Cm7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Memory?
The loop is Gm – Eb – F – Dm – Cm7 (vi – IV – V – iii – ii7) in Bb major, and the song ends on F – Eb – Bb.
What key is Memory in?
Bb major, at about 87 beats a minute in 12/8.
What does the left hand play in Memory?
Jukebox leaps: stride (12/8), a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Memory easy to play on piano?
It is a medium one: learn the 5 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.
Can I hear the real melody of Memory?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the main tune of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from 5 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.