Piano chords · Old-time stride
Summer Wind: piano accompaniment sheet music
- Eb major
- 4/4
- 120 BPM
- 1965
- Medium
Summer Wind written out as piano music: the ii – V7 – ii – Vsus loop in Eb major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays stride jumps (stride) and the right hand slow-down chords.
Summer Wind chord chart
The loop once round, bar by bar, in Eb major. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.
| Bar | Chord | Numeral | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fm | ii | F Ab C |
| 2 | Bb7 | V7 | Bb D F Ab |
| 3 | Fm | ii | F Ab C |
| 4 | Bbsus4 | Vsus4 | Bb Eb F |
What the sheet music shows
The grand staff: the right hand on the treble staff, the left hand on the bass staff, with the chord names above and a finger number on each note (1 is the thumb). It is the accompaniment: stride jumps (stride) in the left hand and slow-down chords in the right, over the Fm – Bb7 – Fm – Bbsus4 chords.
Press play and a cursor follows the music. Above it, Colours paints each note in its key’s colour and Note names writes its letter on its head.
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Questions about Summer Wind
Does the sheet music for Summer Wind have finger numbers?
Yes: every note of both hands has its finger number, 1 being the thumb. To read the notes alone, turn Fingers off above the music.
What chords are in Summer Wind?
The loop is Fm – Bb7 – Fm – Bbsus4 (ii – V7 – ii – Vsus) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Eb.
What key is Summer Wind in?
Eb major, at about 120 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Summer Wind?
Stride jumps: stride, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Summer Wind 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 3 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.