Piano chords · Old-time stride
Six Months Out Of The Year: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Richard Adler & Jerry Ross
- A major
- 2/4
- 138 BPM
- I–biio–ii–V7 loop
- 1955
- Medium
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 Six Months Out Of The Year without reading music. The left hand plays polka oom-pah (bass + chords (2/4)) and the right hand clockwork chords.
Six Months Out Of The Year accompaniment in letter notes
The A – A#dim – Bm – E7 loop with polka oom-pah in the left hand and clockwork 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 Six Months Out Of The Year
What are the letter notes for the Six Months Out Of The Year 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 A – A#dim – Bm – E7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Six Months Out Of The Year?
The loop is A – A#dim – Bm – E7 (I – biio – ii – V7) in A major, and the song ends on D – E – A.
What key is Six Months Out Of The Year in?
A major, at about 138 beats a minute in 2/4.
What does the left hand play in Six Months Out Of The Year?
Polka oom-pah: bass + chords (2/4), a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Six Months Out Of The Year 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.
Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.