Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
Of Thee I Sing: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Ira Gershwin
- C minor
- 4/4
- 72 BPM
- I–I7–IV–ii loop
- 1931
- 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 Of Thee I Sing without reading music. The left hand plays froggy bounce (broken chord 5-8-1-8) and the right hand hopscotch chords.
Of Thee I Sing accompaniment in letter notes
The C – C7 – F – Dm loop with froggy bounce 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 Of Thee I Sing
What are the letter notes for the Of Thee I Sing 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 C – C7 – F – Dm, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Of Thee I Sing?
The loop is C – C7 – F – Dm (I – I7 – IV – ii) in C minor, and the song ends on C – Fm – C.
What key is Of Thee I Sing in?
C minor, at about 72 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Of Thee I Sing?
Froggy bounce: broken chord 5-8-1-8, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Of Thee I Sing 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.