Piano chords · Rock drive
One Night Only: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Henry Krieger
- Bb minor
- 2/2
- 130 BPM
- 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 Night Only without reading music. The left hand plays heartbeat octaves (rocking octaves) and the right hand skipping-stone chords.
One Night Only accompaniment in letter notes
The Bbm – Gb – Db – Ebm loop with heartbeat octaves in the left hand and skipping-stone 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 One Night Only
What are the letter notes for the One Night Only 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 Bbm – Gb – Db – Ebm, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in One Night Only?
The loop is Bbm – Gb – Db – Ebm (i – bVI – bIII – iv) in Bb minor, and the song ends on Gb – Ab – Bbm.
What key is One Night Only in?
Bb minor, at about 130 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in One Night Only?
Heartbeat octaves: rocking octaves, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is One Night Only 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.