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The Girl That I Marry: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Irving Berlin
- Bb major
- 3/4
- 140 BPM
- I–ii–V7–I loop
- 1946
- Easy
Play the full song with sheet music
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 The Girl That I Marry without reading music. The left hand plays oom-pah-pah (waltz oom-pah-pah), and the right hand sings the tune.
The Girl That I Marry accompaniment in letter notes
The Bb – Cm – F7 – Bb loop with oom-pah-pah in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.
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 The Girl That I Marry
What are the letter notes for the The Girl That I Marry 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 Bb – Cm – F7 – Bb, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in The Girl That I Marry?
The loop is Bb – Cm – F7 – Bb (I – ii – V7 – I) in Bb major, and the song ends on Cm – F7 – Bb.
What key is The Girl That I Marry in?
Bb major, at about 140 beats a minute in 3/4.
What does the left hand play in The Girl That I Marry?
Oom-pah-pah: waltz oom-pah-pah, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is The Girl That I Marry 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.