Piano chords · Blues & boogie
One For My Baby (And One More For The Road): easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
- Eb major
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- 1943
- 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 One For My Baby (And One More For The Road) without reading music. The left hand plays velvet jazz (lh shell voicings (1-7 / 1-3)), and the right hand sings the tune.
The main tune of One For My Baby (And One More For The Road) in letter notes
The real notes from a score, both hands, bar by bar. R is the right hand, L the left; C4 is middle C.
One For My Baby (And One More For The Road) accompaniment in letter notes
The Cm7 – Cm7 – Fm7 – Fm7 loop with velvet jazz in the left hand. 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 For My Baby (And One More For The Road)
What are the letter notes for the One For My Baby (And One More For The Road) 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 Cm7 – Cm7 – Fm7 – Fm7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)?
The loop is Cm7 – Cm7 – Fm7 – Fm7 (vi7 – ii7 – vi7 – ii7) in Eb major, and the song ends on Eb – Fm – Eb.
What key is One For My Baby (And One More For The Road) in?
Eb major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)?
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 One For My Baby (And One More For The Road) 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.
Can I hear the real melody of One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the main tune of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from 3 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.