Piano chords · Blues & boogie
The Song Is You: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
- C major
- 4/4
- 90 BPM
- 1932
- Medium
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 Song Is You without reading music. The left hand plays jazz walk (walking bass) and the right hand pumping chords.
The Song Is You accompaniment in letter notes
The C – Cdim – Dm – G7 loop with jazz walk in the left hand and pumping 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 Song Is You
What are the letter notes for the The Song Is You 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 – Cdim – Dm – G7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in The Song Is You?
The loop is C – Cdim – Dm – G7 (I – io – ii – V7) in C major, and the song ends on Dm – G7 – C.
What key is The Song Is You in?
C major, at about 90 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in The Song Is You?
Jazz walk: walking bass, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is The Song Is You 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.