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The Love Of My Life: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Lerner & Loewe

  • C major
  • 2/4
  • 130 BPM
  • 1947
  • Medium
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Left hand Toy-soldier marchRight hand Sleigh bellsChords the loop the song repeats most

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 Love Of My Life without reading music. The left hand plays toy-soldier march (lh triads (2/4)) and the right hand sleigh bells.

The Love Of My Life accompaniment in letter notes

The C – G7 – D7 – G loop with toy-soldier march in the left hand and sleigh bells in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
C
RC5 E4+G4 E4+G4 C5 E4+G4 E4+G4
LC4+E4 C3 C4+E4 C3
Bar 2
G7
RG5 B4+D5 B4+D5 G5 B4+D5 B4+D5
LG3+B3 G2 G3+B3 G2
Bar 3
D7
RD5 F#4+A4 F#4+A4 D5 F#4+A4 F#4+A4
LD3+F#3 D2 D3+F#3 D2
Bar 4
G
RG5 B4+D5 B4+D5 B6 G6 D6 B5 Ab5 G5 F#5 F5
LG3+B3 G2 G3+B3 G2
Bar 5
C
RC5 E4+G4 E4+G4 C5 E4+G4 E4+G4
LC4+E4 C3 C4+E4 C3
Bar 6
G7
RG5 B4+D5 B4+D5 G5 B4+D5 B4+D5
LG3+B3 G2 G3+B3 G2
Bar 7
D7
RD5 F#4+A4 F#4+A4 D5 F#4+A4 F#4+A4
LD3+F#3 D2 D3+F#3 D2
Bar 8
G
RG5 B4+D5 B4+D5 G5 B4+D5 B4+D5
LG3+B3 G2 G3+B3 G2

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 Love Of My Life

What are the letter notes for the The Love Of My Life 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 C – G7 – D7 – G, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in The Love Of My Life?

The loop is C – G7 – D7 – G (I – V7 – II7 – V) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.

What key is The Love Of My Life in?

C major, at about 130 beats a minute in 2/4.

What does the left hand play in The Love Of My Life?

Toy-soldier march: lh triads (2/4), a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is The Love Of My Life 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.