Piano chords · Old-time stride
There Is Nothin’ Like A Dame: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
- F major
- 2/4
- 120 BPM
- 1949
- 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 There Is Nothin’ Like A Dame without reading music. The left hand plays brass-band march (lh power fifths (2/4)) and the right hand sleigh bells.
The catchy part of There Is Nothin’ Like A Dame 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.
There Is Nothin’ Like A Dame accompaniment in letter notes
The C7 – F – Gm – G7 loop with brass-band march in the left hand and sleigh bells 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 There Is Nothin’ Like A Dame
What are the letter notes for the There Is Nothin’ Like A Dame 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 C7 – F – Gm – G7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in There Is Nothin’ Like A Dame?
The loop is C7 – F – Gm – G7 (V7 – I – ii – II7) in F major, and the song ends on Gm – C7 – F.
What key is There Is Nothin’ Like A Dame in?
F major, at about 120 beats a minute in 2/4.
What does the left hand play in There Is Nothin’ Like A Dame?
Brass-band march: lh power fifths (2/4), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is There Is Nothin’ Like A Dame 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.
Can I hear the real melody of There Is Nothin’ Like A Dame?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the catchy part of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from 3 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.