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Same Old Saturday Night: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Frank Sinatra

  • Bb major
  • 4/4
  • 100 BPM
  • 1955
  • Easy
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Left hand Bossa swayThe right hand sings the tuneChords 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 Same Old Saturday Night without reading music. The left hand plays bossa sway (root bass · bossa (1 · 2& · 3 · 4&)), and the right hand sings the tune.

Same Old Saturday Night accompaniment in letter notes

The Bb – G7 – Cm – F loop with bossa sway in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Bb
RBb3+D4+F4
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 2
G7
RG4+B4+D5
LG2 G2 G2 G2
Bar 3
Cm
RC4+Eb4+G4
LC3 C3 C3 C3
Bar 4
F
RF4+A4+C5 G6 F6 Eb6 D6 C6 Bb5 A5 G5
LF2 F2 F2 F2
Bar 5
Bb
RBb3+D4+F4
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 6
G7
RG4+B4+D5
LG2 G2 G2 G2
Bar 7
Cm
RC4+Eb4+G4
LC3 C3 C3 C3
Bar 8
F
RF4+A4+C5
LF2 F2 F2 F2

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 Same Old Saturday Night

What are the letter notes for the Same Old Saturday Night 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 Bb – G7 – Cm – F, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Same Old Saturday Night?

The loop is Bb – G7 – Cm – F (I – VI7 – ii – V) in Bb major, and the song ends on Eb – F – Bb.

What key is Same Old Saturday Night in?

Bb major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Same Old Saturday Night?

Bossa sway: root bass · bossa (1 · 2& · 3 · 4&), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Same Old Saturday Night 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 3 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.