Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
The Very Thought Of You: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Ray Noble
- Ab major
- 4/4
- 80 BPM
- 1934
- 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 Very Thought Of You without reading music. The left hand plays happy wiggle (broken chord 1-5-6-5) and the right hand pumping chords.
The main tune of The Very Thought Of You 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 Very Thought Of You accompaniment in letter notes
The Fm – Fm7 – Ab – Bbm7 – Fb7 – Fm7 loop with happy wiggle 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 Very Thought Of You
What are the letter notes for the The Very Thought Of 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 Fm – Fm7 – Ab – Bbm7 – Fb7 – Fm7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in The Very Thought Of You?
The loop is Fm – Fm7 – Ab – Bbm7 – Fb7 – Fm7 (vi – vi7 – I – ii7 – bVI7 – vi7) in Ab major, and the song ends on Bbm – Eb7 – Ab.
What key is The Very Thought Of You in?
Ab major, at about 80 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in The Very Thought Of You?
Happy wiggle: broken chord 1-5-6-5, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is The Very Thought Of You easy to play on piano?
It is a medium one: learn the 6 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.
Can I hear the real melody of The Very Thought Of You?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the main tune of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from 4 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.