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Moonlight Becomes You: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Bing Crosby
- F major
- 4/4
- 120 BPM
- I–biio–ii–V7 loop
- 1942
- Easy
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 Moonlight Becomes You without reading music. The left hand plays jazz walk (walking bass) and the right hand steady chords.
Moonlight Becomes You accompaniment in letter notes
The F – F#dim – Gm – C7 loop with jazz walk in the left hand and steady 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 Moonlight Becomes You
What are the letter notes for the Moonlight Becomes You 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 F – F#dim – Gm – C7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Moonlight Becomes You?
The loop is F – F#dim – Gm – C7 (I – biio – ii – V7) in F major, and the song ends on F – Bbm – F.
What key is Moonlight Becomes You in?
F major, at about 120 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Moonlight Becomes You?
Jazz walk: walking bass, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Moonlight Becomes You easy to play on piano?
Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 4 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.
Made from 3 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.