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That’s Rich: piano accompaniment sheet music

Written by Alan Menken

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Left hand Stride jumpsRight hand Bouncing starChords the loop the song repeats most

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That’s Rich written out as piano music: the V7 – I – VI7 – ii loop in Bb 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 bouncing star.

That’s Rich chord chart

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

BarChordNumeralNotes
1F7V7F A C Eb
2BbIBb D F
3G7VI7G B D F
4CmiiC Eb G

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 bouncing star in the right, over the F7 – Bb – G7 – Cm 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’s Rich

Does the sheet music for That’s Rich 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’s Rich?

The loop is F7 – Bb – G7 – Cm (V7 – I – VI7 – ii) in Bb major, and the song ends on Cm – F7 – Bb.

What key is That’s Rich in?

Bb major, at about 90 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in That’s Rich?

Stride jumps: stride, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is That’s Rich 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 one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.