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Summer Breeze: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Seals & Crofts

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Left hand Sleepy 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 Summer Breeze without reading music. The left hand plays sleepy heartbeat (root bass · 1 · 3 · 3&), and the right hand sings the tune.

Summer Breeze accompaniment in letter notes

The Em – Am – Em – Am loop with sleepy heartbeat in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Em
RE4+G4+B4
LE2 E2 E2
Bar 2
Am
RA3+C4+E4
LA2 A2 A2
Bar 3
Em
RE4+G4+B4
LE2 E2 E2
Bar 4
Am
RA3+C4+E4 D4 E4 F#4 G4 A4 B4 C5 D5
LA2 A2 A2
Bar 5
Em
RE4+G4+B4
LE2 E2 E2
Bar 6
Am
RA3+C4+E4
LA2 A2 A2
Bar 7
Em
RE4+G4+B4
LE2 E2 E2
Bar 8
Am
RA3+C4+E4
LA2 A2 A2

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 Summer Breeze

What are the letter notes for the Summer Breeze 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 Em – Am – Em – Am, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Summer Breeze?

The loop is Em – Am – Em – Am (i – iv – i – iv) in E minor, and the song ends on C – D – Em.

What key is Summer Breeze in?

E minor, at about 85 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Summer Breeze?

Sleepy heartbeat: root bass · 1 · 3 · 3&, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Summer Breeze 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.