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New Blue Moon: piano accompaniment sheet music

Written by The Traveling Wilburys

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New Blue Moon written out as piano music: the I – vi – I – vi loop in B major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays take-off climb (broken chord 1-1-3-5) and the right hand steady chords.

New Blue Moon chord chart

The loop once round, bar by bar, in B major. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.

BarChordNumeralNotes
1BIB D# F#
2G#mviG# B D#
3BIB D# F#
4G#mviG# B D#

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: take-off climb (broken chord 1-1-3-5) in the left hand and steady chords in the right, over the B – G#m – B – G#m 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 New Blue Moon

Does the sheet music for New Blue Moon 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 New Blue Moon?

The loop is B – G#m – B – G#m (I – vi – I – vi) in B major, and the song ends on B – Em – B.

What key is New Blue Moon in?

B major, at about 160 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in New Blue Moon?

Take-off climb: broken chord 1-1-3-5, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is New Blue Moon 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 one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.