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Oh! It's A Lovely War: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
- F major
- 6/8
- 160 BPM
- Medium
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 Oh! It's A Lovely War without reading music. The left hand plays pirate-ship sway (lh chords (6/8)) and the right hand hammock chords.
Oh! It's A Lovely War accompaniment in letter notes
The Fm – C – G7 – C loop with pirate-ship sway in the left hand and hammock 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 Oh! It's A Lovely War
What are the letter notes for the Oh! It's A Lovely War 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 Fm – C – G7 – C, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Oh! It's A Lovely War?
The loop is Fm – C – G7 – C (i – V – II7 – V) in F major, and the song ends on F – C7 – F.
What key is Oh! It's A Lovely War in?
F major, at about 160 beats a minute in 6/8.
What does the left hand play in Oh! It's A Lovely War?
Pirate-ship sway: lh chords (6/8), a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Oh! It's A Lovely War 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.