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Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be): easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Doris Day

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Left hand Oom-pah-pahRight hand Waltz chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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 Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be) without reading music. The left hand plays oom-pah-pah (waltz oom-pah-pah) and the right hand waltz chords.

Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be) accompaniment in letter notes

The Dm – G7 – Dm – G7 loop with oom-pah-pah in the left hand and waltz chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Dm
RD4+F4+A4 D4+F4+A4 D4+F4+A4
LD2 F2+A2 F2+A2
Bar 2
G7
RG4+B4+D5 G4+B4+D5 G4+B4+D5
LG2 B2+D3 B2+D3
Bar 3
Dm
RD4+F4+A4 D4+F4+A4 D4+F4+A4
LD2 F2+A2 F2+A2
Bar 4
G7
RG4+B4+D5 F4 G4 B4 D5 F5 G5 B5 D6
LG2 B2+D3 B2+D3
Bar 5
Dm
RD4+F4+A4 D4+F4+A4 D4+F4+A4
LD2 F2+A2 F2+A2
Bar 6
G7
RG4+B4+D5 G4+B4+D5 G4+B4+D5
LG2 B2+D3 B2+D3
Bar 7
Dm
RD4+F4+A4 D4+F4+A4 D4+F4+A4
LD2 F2+A2 F2+A2
Bar 8
G7
RG4+B4+D5 G4+B4+D5 G4+B4+D5
LG2 B2+D3 B2+D3

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 Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)

What are the letter notes for the Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be) 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 Dm – G7 – Dm – G7, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)?

The loop is Dm – G7 – Dm – G7 (ii – V7 – ii – V7) in C major, and the song ends on C – Dm – C.

What key is Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be) in?

C major, at about 125 beats a minute in 3/4.

What does the left hand play in Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)?

Oom-pah-pah: waltz oom-pah-pah, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be) 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.