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Miss Otis Regrets (She’s Unable To Lunch Today): piano accompaniment sheet music
By Cole Porter
- C major
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- 1934
- Medium
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Miss Otis Regrets (She’s Unable To Lunch Today) written out as piano music: the bIII – bIII7 – bVI – iv loop in C major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays rolling waves (open arpeggio 1-5-10-5) and the right hand steady chords.
Miss Otis Regrets (She’s Unable To Lunch Today) chord chart
The loop once round, bar by bar, in C 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 | Eb | bIII | Eb G Bb |
| 2 | Eb7 | bIII7 | Eb G Bb Db |
| 3 | Ab | bVI | Ab C Eb |
| 4 | Fm | iv | F Ab C |
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: rolling waves (open arpeggio 1-5-10-5) in the left hand and steady chords in the right, over the Eb – Eb7 – Ab – Fm 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 Miss Otis Regrets (She’s Unable To Lunch Today)
Does the sheet music for Miss Otis Regrets (She’s Unable To Lunch Today) 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 Miss Otis Regrets (She’s Unable To Lunch Today)?
The loop is Eb – Eb7 – Ab – Fm (bIII – bIII7 – bVI – iv) in C major, and the song ends on D7 – G7 – C.
What key is Miss Otis Regrets (She’s Unable To Lunch Today) in?
C major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Miss Otis Regrets (She’s Unable To Lunch Today)?
Rolling waves: open arpeggio 1-5-10-5, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Miss Otis Regrets (She’s Unable To Lunch Today) 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.