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Nancy With The Laughing Face: piano accompaniment sheet music
By Phil Silvers
- Eb major
- 4/4
- 125 BPM
- 1942
- Medium
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Nancy With The Laughing Face written out as piano music: the I7 – bVII7 – I7 – bVII7 loop in Eb major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays stride jumps (stride) and the right hand firefly blink.
Nancy With The Laughing Face chord chart
The loop once round, bar by bar, in Eb 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 | Eb7 | I7 | Eb G Bb Db |
| 2 | Db7 | bVII7 | Db F Ab Cb |
| 3 | Eb7 | I7 | Eb G Bb Db |
| 4 | Db7 | bVII7 | Db F Ab Cb |
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: stride jumps (stride) in the left hand and firefly blink in the right, over the Eb7 – Db7 – Eb7 – Db7 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 Nancy With The Laughing Face
Does the sheet music for Nancy With The Laughing Face 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 Nancy With The Laughing Face?
The loop is Eb7 – Db7 – Eb7 – Db7 (I7 – bVII7 – I7 – bVII7) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Eb.
What key is Nancy With The Laughing Face in?
Eb major, at about 125 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Nancy With The Laughing Face?
Stride jumps: stride, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Nancy With The Laughing Face 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 one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.