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

By Burton Lane

  • G major
  • 4/4
  • 125 BPM
  • 1965
  • Easy
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Left hand Stride jumpsRight hand Soft chordsChords 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 stride jumps (stride) and the right hand soft chords.

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

The Am – Dsus4 – D7 – G loop with stride jumps in the left hand and soft chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Am
RE4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5
LA2 E3+C4 A2
Bar 2
Dsus4
RA4+D5+G5 A4+D5+G5 A4+D5+G5
LD2 A2+G3 D2
Bar 3
D7
RA4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5
LD2 A2+F#3 D2
Bar 4
G
RD5+G5+B5 B6 G6 D6 B5 Ab5 G5 F#5 F5
LG2 D3+B3 G2
Bar 5
Am
RE4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5
LA2 E3+C4 A2
Bar 6
Dsus4
RA4+D5+G5 A4+D5+G5 A4+D5+G5
LD2 A2+G3 D2
Bar 7
D7
RA4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5
LD2 A2+F#3 D2
Bar 8
G
RD5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5
LG2 D3+B3 G2

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 – Dsus4 – D7 – G, so the letters repeat with the chords.

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

The loop is Am – Dsus4 – D7 – G (ii – Vsus – V7 – I) 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 125 beats a minute in 4/4.

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

Stride jumps: stride, 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.