Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
The Second Time Around: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Sammy Cahn
- C major
- 2/2
- 100 BPM
- 1960
- Medium
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 Second Time Around without reading music. The left hand plays rolling waves (open arpeggio 1-5-10-5) and the right hand soft chords.
The catchy part of The Second Time Around in letter notes
The real notes from a score, both hands, bar by bar. R is the right hand, L the left; C4 is middle C.
The Second Time Around accompaniment in letter notes
The Cmaj7 – C – C – Bm7 – E7 loop with rolling waves in the left hand and soft chords in the right. 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 Second Time Around
What are the letter notes for the The Second Time Around 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 Cmaj7 – C – C – Bm7 – E7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in The Second Time Around?
The loop is Cmaj7 – C – C – Bm7 – E7 (Imaj7 – I – vii7 – III7 – Imaj7) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.
What key is The Second Time Around in?
C major, at about 100 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in The Second Time Around?
Rolling waves: open arpeggio 1-5-10-5, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is The Second Time Around easy to play on piano?
It is a medium one: learn the 5 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.
Can I hear the real melody of The Second Time Around?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the catchy part of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.