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The Best Things Happen While You’re Dancing: piano accompaniment sheet music
Written by Irving Berlin
- Bb major
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- ii–V7–ii–V7 loop
- 1953
- Easy
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The Best Things Happen While You’re Dancing written out as piano music: the ii – V7 – ii – V7 loop in Bb major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays pausing footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 3) and the right hand pop stabs.
The Best Things Happen While You’re Dancing 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.
| Bar | Chord | Numeral | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cm | ii | C Eb G |
| 2 | F7 | V7 | F A C Eb |
| 3 | Cm | ii | C Eb G |
| 4 | F7 | V7 | F A C Eb |
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: pausing footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 3) in the left hand and pop stabs in the right, over the Cm – F7 – Cm – F7 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 The Best Things Happen While You’re Dancing
Does the sheet music for The Best Things Happen While You’re Dancing 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 The Best Things Happen While You’re Dancing?
The loop is Cm – F7 – Cm – F7 (ii – V7 – ii – V7) in Bb major, and the song ends on Eb – F – Bb.
What key is The Best Things Happen While You’re Dancing in?
Bb major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in The Best Things Happen While You’re Dancing?
Pausing footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is The Best Things Happen While You’re Dancing 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.