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That Terrific Rainbow: piano accompaniment sheet music

By Rodgers & Hart

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Left hand Ping-pong bounceRight hand Hopscotch chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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That Terrific Rainbow written out as piano music: the V7 – ii – V7 – I loop in F major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays ping-pong bounce (broken chord 8-5) and the right hand hopscotch chords.

That Terrific Rainbow chord chart

The loop once round, bar by bar, in F major. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.

BarChordNumeralNotes
1C7V7C E G Bb
2GmiiG Bb D
3C7V7C E G Bb
4FIF A C

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: ping-pong bounce (broken chord 8-5) in the left hand and hopscotch chords in the right, over the C7 – Gm – C7 – F 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 That Terrific Rainbow

Does the sheet music for That Terrific Rainbow 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 That Terrific Rainbow?

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

What key is That Terrific Rainbow in?

F major, at about 110 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in That Terrific Rainbow?

Ping-pong bounce: broken chord 8-5, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is That Terrific Rainbow 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.