Piano chords · Old-time stride
Someone To Watch Over Me (from Oh, Kay!): easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
- Eb major
- 2/2
- 132 BPM
- 1926
- Easy
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 Someone To Watch Over Me (from Oh, Kay!) without reading music. The left hand plays boom-chick (boom-chick) and the right hand steady chords.
The main tune of Someone To Watch Over Me (from Oh, Kay!) 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.
Someone To Watch Over Me (from Oh, Kay!) accompaniment in letter notes
The Eb – Cm7 – Ab – Db7 – Gm – Gbm – Fm – Fbm loop with boom-chick in the left hand and steady 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 Someone To Watch Over Me (from Oh, Kay!)
What are the letter notes for the Someone To Watch Over Me (from Oh, Kay!) 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 – Cm7 – Ab – Db7 – Gm – Gbm – Fm – Fbm, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Someone To Watch Over Me (from Oh, Kay!)?
The loop is Eb – Cm7 – Ab – Db7 – Gm – Gbm – Fm – Fbm (I – vi7 – IV – bVII7 – iii – biii – ii – bii) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Abm – Eb.
What key is Someone To Watch Over Me (from Oh, Kay!) in?
Eb major, at about 132 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in Someone To Watch Over Me (from Oh, Kay!)?
Boom-chick: boom-chick, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Someone To Watch Over Me (from Oh, Kay!) easy to play on piano?
Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 8 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.
Can I hear the real melody of Someone To Watch Over Me (from Oh, Kay!)?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the main tune of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from 6 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.