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Some Other Time: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Sammy Cahn & Jule Styne

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Left hand Pop heartbeatThe 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 Some Other Time without reading music. The left hand plays pop heartbeat (root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3)), and the right hand sings the tune.

Some Other Time accompaniment in letter notes

The Gm – C7 – F – Dm loop with pop heartbeat in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Gm
RG4+Bb4+D5
LG2 G2 G2
Bar 2
C7
RC4+E4+G4
LC3 C3 C3
Bar 3
F
RF4+A4+C5
LF2 F2 F2
Bar 4
Dm
RD4+F4+A4 C4 D4 E4 F4 G4 A4 Bb4 C5
LD2 D2 D2
Bar 5
Gm
RG4+Bb4+D5
LG2 G2 G2
Bar 6
C7
RC4+E4+G4
LC3 C3 C3
Bar 7
F
RF4+A4+C5
LF2 F2 F2
Bar 8
Dm
RD4+F4+A4
LD2 D2 D2

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 Some Other Time

What are the letter notes for the Some Other Time 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 Gm – C7 – F – Dm, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Some Other Time?

The loop is Gm – C7 – F – Dm (ii – V7 – I – vi) in F major, and the song ends on Gm – C7 – F.

What key is Some Other Time in?

F major, at about 100 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in Some Other Time?

Pop heartbeat: root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Some Other Time 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.