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(There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs Of Dover: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Walter Kent

  • Eb major
  • 4/4
  • 80 BPM
  • 1941
  • Medium
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Left hand Power fifthsRight hand Hopscotch chordsChords worked out from the notes of the famous part

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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'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs Of Dover without reading music. The left hand plays power fifths (lh power fifths) and the right hand hopscotch chords.

The main tune of (There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs Of Dover 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.

Bar 1
Fm
RC4+Ab4 F4 C4+E4+Ab4 Eb4
LF2+F3 F2
Bar 2
Bb7
RAb3+C4+Eb4+G4 D4+F4 Ab3+C4+Eb4 D4+F4
LBb2 Bb1
Bar 3
Eb → Cm
RBb3+Eb4+G4 Bb3+Eb4+Bb4 Eb4+G4+Eb5 Bb3+Eb4+G4
LEb2+Eb2 G3 C2+C2 C3
Bar 4
Fm → Bb7
RC4+Eb4+Ab4 Eb4+F4+C5 Bb3+D4+G4 D4+G4+Bb4
LF2+F2 Ab3 Bb2+Ab3

(There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs Of Dover accompaniment in letter notes

The Fm – Bb7 – Eb – Cm – Fm – Bb7 loop with power fifths in the left hand and hopscotch chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Fm
RAb4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5 Ab4+C5
LF3+C4 F3+C4 F2+C3 F2+C3
Bar 2
Bb7
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4 D4+F4
LBb3+F4 Bb3+F4 Bb2+F3 Bb2+F3
Bar 3
Eb → Cm
RG4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4 Eb4+G4
LEb3+Bb3 Eb3+Bb3 C3+G3 C3+G3
Bar 4
Fm → Bb7
RAb4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5 Ab6 F6 D6 Bb5 A5 Ab5 G5 Gb5
LF3+C4 F3+C4 Bb2+F3 Bb2+F3
Bar 5
Fm
RAb4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5 Ab4+C5
LF3+C4 F3+C4 F2+C3 F2+C3
Bar 6
Bb7
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4 D4+F4
LBb3+F4 Bb3+F4 Bb2+F3 Bb2+F3
Bar 7
Eb → Cm
RG4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4 Eb4+G4
LEb3+Bb3 Eb3+Bb3 C3+G3 C3+G3
Bar 8
Fm → Bb7
RAb4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5 D4+F4
LF3+C4 F3+C4 Bb2+F3 Bb2+F3

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'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs Of Dover

What are the letter notes for the (There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs Of Dover 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 – Bb7 – Eb – Cm – Fm – Bb7, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in (There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs Of Dover?

The loop is Fm – Bb7 – Eb – Cm – Fm – Bb7 (ii – V7 – I – vi – ii – V7) in Eb major, and the song ends on Eb – Abm – Eb.

What key is (There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs Of Dover in?

Eb major, at about 80 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in (There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs Of Dover?

Power fifths: lh power fifths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is (There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs Of Dover 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 (There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs Of Dover?

Yes: "The part you know" plays the main tune of the song from a score, with both hands.

Made from 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.