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The Last Time I Saw Paris: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Kate Smith

  • Ab major
  • 2/2
  • 160 BPM
  • 1940
  • Easy
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Left hand Lazy footstepsRight hand Hopscotch bellsChords 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 The Last Time I Saw Paris without reading music. The left hand plays lazy footsteps (root bass · 1 · 3 · 4) and the right hand hopscotch bells.

The Last Time I Saw Paris accompaniment in letter notes

The Eb7 – Ab – Eb7 – Bbm loop with lazy footsteps in the left hand and hopscotch bells in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Eb7
REb5 G4+Bb4 G4+Bb4
LEb2 Eb3 Eb2
Bar 2
Ab
RAb5 C5+Eb5 C5+Eb5
LAb2 Ab3 Ab2
Bar 3
Eb7
REb5 G4+Bb4 G4+Bb4
LEb2 Eb3 Eb2
Bar 4
Bbm
RBb4 Db4+F4 Db4 Eb4 F4 G4 Ab4 Bb4 C5 Db5
LBb2 Bb3 Bb2
Bar 5
Eb7
REb5 G4+Bb4 G4+Bb4
LEb2 Eb3 Eb2
Bar 6
Ab
RAb5 C5+Eb5 C5+Eb5
LAb2 Ab3 Ab2
Bar 7
Eb7
REb5 G4+Bb4 G4+Bb4
LEb2 Eb3 Eb2
Bar 8
Bbm
RBb4 Db4+F4 Db4+F4
LBb2 Bb3 Bb2

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 Last Time I Saw Paris

What are the letter notes for the The Last Time I Saw Paris 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 Eb7 – Ab – Eb7 – Bbm, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in The Last Time I Saw Paris?

The loop is Eb7 – Ab – Eb7 – Bbm (V7 – I – V7 – ii) in Ab major, and the song ends on Ab – Eb7 – Ab.

What key is The Last Time I Saw Paris in?

Ab major, at about 160 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in The Last Time I Saw Paris?

Lazy footsteps: root bass · 1 · 3 · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is The Last Time I Saw Paris 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.