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Tell Me On A Sunday: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Andrew Lloyd Webber

  • C major
  • 4/4
  • 56 BPM
  • 1979
  • Easy
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Left hand Giant stepsRight hand Pausing chordsChords 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 Tell Me On A Sunday without reading music. The left hand plays giant steps (lh chords) and the right hand pausing chords.

Tell Me On A Sunday accompaniment in letter notes

The Em – Am – F – Am loop with giant steps in the left hand and pausing chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Em
RG4+B4+E5 G4+B4+E5 G4+B4+E5
LE2 B2+E3 B2+E3 E2 B2+E3 B2+E3
Bar 2
Am
RC4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4
LA2 E3+A3 E3+A3 A2 E3+A3 E3+A3
Bar 3
F
RA4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5
LF2 C3+F3 C3+F3 F2 C3+F3 C3+F3
Bar 4
Am
RC4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 A6 E6 C6 A5 G#5 G5 F#5 F5
LA2 E3+A3 E3+A3 A2 E3+A3 E3+A3
Bar 5
Em
RG4+B4+E5 G4+B4+E5 G4+B4+E5
LE2 B2+E3 B2+E3 E2 B2+E3 B2+E3
Bar 6
Am
RC4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4
LA2 E3+A3 E3+A3 A2 E3+A3 E3+A3
Bar 7
F
RA4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5
LF2 C3+F3 C3+F3 F2 C3+F3 C3+F3
Bar 8
Am
RC4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4
LA2 E3+A3 E3+A3 A2 E3+A3 E3+A3

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 Tell Me On A Sunday

What are the letter notes for the Tell Me On A Sunday 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 – F – Am, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Tell Me On A Sunday?

The loop is Em – Am – F – Am (iii – vi – IV – vi) in C major, and the song ends on C – G7 – C.

What key is Tell Me On A Sunday in?

C major, at about 56 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Tell Me On A Sunday?

Giant steps: lh chords, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Tell Me On A Sunday 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 3 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.