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Night And Day: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Bill Evans

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Left hand Island zigzagRight hand Soft chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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 Night And Day without reading music. The left hand plays island zigzag (broken chord 8-12-5) and the right hand soft chords.

Night And Day accompaniment in letter notes

The Eb – Fm – Bb7 – Eb loop with island zigzag in the left hand and soft chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Eb
RBb4+Eb5+G5 Bb4+Eb5+G5 Bb4+Eb5+G5
LEb3 Bb3 Bb2
Bar 2
Fm
RC5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5
LF3 C4 C3
Bar 3
Bb7
RF4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5
LBb3 F4 F3
Bar 4
Eb
RBb4+Eb5+G5 G4 Bb4 Eb5 G5 Bb5 Eb6 G6 Bb6
LEb3 Bb3 Bb2
Bar 5
Eb
RBb4+Eb5+G5 Bb4+Eb5+G5 Bb4+Eb5+G5
LEb3 Bb3 Bb2
Bar 6
Fm
RC5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5
LF3 C4 C3
Bar 7
Bb7
RF4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5
LBb3 F4 F3
Bar 8
Eb
RBb4+Eb5+G5 Bb4+Eb5+G5 Bb4+Eb5+G5
LEb3 Bb3 Bb2

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 Night And Day

What are the letter notes for the Night And Day 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 Eb – Fm – Bb7 – Eb, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Night And Day?

The loop is Eb – Fm – Bb7 – Eb (I – ii – V7 – I) in Eb major, and the song ends on Eb – Bb7 – Eb.

What key is Night And Day in?

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

What does the left hand play in Night And Day?

Island zigzag: broken chord 8-12-5, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Night And Day 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.