Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
Nice Work If You Can Get It: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
- G major
- 2/2
- 92 BPM
- 1937
- Easy
Play the full song with sheet music
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 Nice Work If You Can Get It without reading music. The left hand plays wobbling tick-tock (broken chord 8-7) and the right hand pausing chords.
The main tune of Nice Work If You Can Get It 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.
Nice Work If You Can Get It accompaniment in letter notes
The A7 – D7 – G7 – C – A7 – G – Em7 loop with wobbling tick-tock in the left hand and pausing 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 Nice Work If You Can Get It
What are the letter notes for the Nice Work If You Can Get It 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 A7 – D7 – G7 – C – A7 – G – Em7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Nice Work If You Can Get It?
The loop is A7 – D7 – G7 – C – A7 – G – Em7 (II7 – V7 – I7 – IV – II7 – I – vi7) in G major, and the song ends on C – D – G.
What key is Nice Work If You Can Get It in?
G major, at about 92 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in Nice Work If You Can Get It?
Wobbling tick-tock: broken chord 8-7, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Nice Work If You Can Get It easy to play on piano?
Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 7 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.
Can I hear the real melody of Nice Work If You Can Get It?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the main tune of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from 3 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.