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On A Clear Day (You Can See Forever): easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Bill Evans

  • G major
  • 4/4
  • 100 BPM
  • 1965
  • Easy
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Left hand Velvet jazzThe right hand sings the tuneChords the loop the song repeats most

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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 On A Clear Day (You Can See Forever) without reading music. The left hand plays velvet jazz (lh shell voicings (1-7 / 1-3)), and the right hand sings the tune.

On A Clear Day (You Can See Forever) accompaniment in letter notes

The Am – Bm – C – Bm loop with velvet jazz in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Am
RA3+C4+E4
LA2 E3+C4 A3 C4+G4
Bar 2
Bm
RB3+D4+F#4
LB2 F#3+D4 B3 D4+A4
Bar 3
C
RC4+E4+G4
LC3 G3+E4 C4 E4+Bb4
Bar 4
Bm
RB3+D4+F#4 C#5 D5 F#5 G#5 F#5 D5 D5 B4
LB2 F#3+D4 B3 D4+A4
Bar 5
Am
RA3+C4+E4
LA2 E3+C4 A3 C4+G4
Bar 6
Bm
RB3+D4+F#4
LB2 F#3+D4 B3 D4+A4
Bar 7
C
RC4+E4+G4
LC3 G3+E4 C4 E4+Bb4
Bar 8
Bm
RB3+D4+F#4
LB2 F#3+D4 B3 D4+A4

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 On A Clear Day (You Can See Forever)

What are the letter notes for the On A Clear Day (You Can See Forever) 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 Am – Bm – C – Bm, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in On A Clear Day (You Can See Forever)?

The loop is Am – Bm – C – Bm (ii – iii – IV – iii) in G major, and the song ends on C – D – G.

What key is On A Clear Day (You Can See Forever) in?

G major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in On A Clear Day (You Can See Forever)?

Velvet jazz: lh shell voicings (1-7 / 1-3), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is On A Clear Day (You Can See Forever) 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.