Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
Moonlight Serenade: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Glenn Miller
- F major
- 2/2
- 90 BPM
- 1939
- 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 Moonlight Serenade without reading music. The left hand plays open sky (open arpeggio 1-5-10) and the right hand hopscotch chords.
The main tune of Moonlight Serenade 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.
Moonlight Serenade accompaniment in letter notes
The Dm7 – F – Bb7 – Db7 – Gm – C – C7 loop with open sky in the left hand and hopscotch 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 Serenade
What are the letter notes for the Moonlight Serenade 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 Dm7 – F – Bb7 – Db7 – Gm – C – C7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Moonlight Serenade?
The loop is Dm7 – F – Bb7 – Db7 – Gm – C – C7 (vi7 – I – IV7 – bVI7 – ii – V – V7) in F major, and the song ends on G7 – C7 – F.
What key is Moonlight Serenade in?
F major, at about 90 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in Moonlight Serenade?
Open sky: open arpeggio 1-5-10, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Moonlight Serenade easy to play on piano?
It is a medium one: learn the 7 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.
Can I hear the real melody of Moonlight Serenade?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the main tune of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.