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The New Fever Waltz: piano accompaniment sheet music

By Elton John

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The New Fever Waltz written out as piano music: the i – bVI – bIII – bVII loop in B minor for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays waltz roots (root bass · 3/4 quarters) and the right hand spinning-top chords.

The New Fever Waltz chord chart

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

BarChordNumeralNotes
1BmiB D F#
2GVIG B D
3DIIID F# A
4AVIIA C# E

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: waltz roots (root bass · 3/4 quarters) in the left hand and spinning-top chords in the right, over the Bm – G – D – A 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 New Fever Waltz

Does the sheet music for The New Fever Waltz 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 New Fever Waltz?

The loop is Bm – G – D – A (i – bVI – bIII – bVII) in B minor, and the song ends on G – A – Bm.

What key is The New Fever Waltz in?

B minor, at about 110 beats a minute in 3/4.

What does the left hand play in The New Fever Waltz?

Waltz roots: root bass · 3/4 quarters, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is The New Fever Waltz 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.