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Primavera: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Ludovico Einaudi

  • Eb major
  • 3/4
  • 92 BPM
  • 2006
  • Medium
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Left hand Waltz rippleRight hand Snow-globe twinkleChords worked out from the notes of the famous part

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 Primavera without reading music. The left hand plays waltz ripple (broken chord 1-5-8 (3/4)) and the right hand snow-globe twinkle.

The main tune of Primavera 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.

Bar 1
Eb
RG4 C5 G4 C5 G4
LEb4
Bar 2
Gm
RG4 C5 G4 C5 G4
LD4
Bar 3
Cm7
RG4 C5 G4 C5 G4
LBb3
Bar 4
Cm
RG4 C5 G4 C5 G4
LC4

Primavera accompaniment in letter notes

The Eb – Gm – Cm7 – Cm loop with waltz ripple in the left hand and snow-globe twinkle in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Eb
REb4 G4 Eb4 G4 Eb4 G4
LEb2 Bb2 Eb3
Bar 2
Gm
RG4 Bb4 G4 Bb4 G4 Bb4
LG2 D3 G3
Bar 3
Cm7
RC4 Eb4 C4 Eb4 C4 Eb4
LC3 G3 C4
Bar 4
Cm
RC4 Eb4 G4 C5 Eb5 G5 C6 Eb6 G6 C7
LC3 G3 C4
Bar 5
Eb
REb4 G4 Eb4 G4 Eb4 G4
LEb2 Bb2 Eb3
Bar 6
Gm
RG4 Bb4 G4 Bb4 G4 Bb4
LG2 D3 G3
Bar 7
Cm7
RC4 Eb4 C4 Eb4 C4 Eb4
LC3 G3 C4
Bar 8
Cm
RC4 Eb4 C4 Eb4 C4 Eb4
LC3 G3 C4

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 Primavera

What are the letter notes for the Primavera 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 Eb – Gm – Cm7 – Cm, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Primavera?

The loop is Eb – Gm – Cm7 – Cm (I – iii – vi7 – vi) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Eb.

What key is Primavera in?

Eb major, at about 92 beats a minute in 3/4.

What does the left hand play in Primavera?

Waltz ripple: broken chord 1-5-8 (3/4), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Primavera easy to play on piano?

It is a medium one: learn the 4 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.

Can I hear the real melody of Primavera?

Yes: "The part you know" plays the main tune of the song from a score, with both hands.

Made from 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.