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One Day At A Time: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Sam Smith
- C major
- 3/4
- 144 BPM
- I–I7–IV–I loop
- Easy
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 One Day At A Time without reading music. The left hand plays oom-pah-pah (waltz oom-pah-pah) and the right hand waltz bells.
One Day At A Time accompaniment in letter notes
The C – C7 – F – C loop with oom-pah-pah in the left hand and waltz bells 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 One Day At A Time
What are the letter notes for the One Day At A Time 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 – C, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in One Day At A Time?
The loop is C – C7 – F – C (I – I7 – IV – I) in C major, and the song ends on C – F – C.
What key is One Day At A Time in?
C major, at about 144 beats a minute in 3/4.
What does the left hand play in One Day At A Time?
Oom-pah-pah: waltz oom-pah-pah, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is One Day At A Time 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.