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There’s A Fine, Fine Line: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Robert Lopez & Jeff Marx

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Left hand Three-step climbRight hand Bouncy-ball chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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 There’s A Fine, Fine Line without reading music. The left hand plays three-step climb (broken chord 1-5-8) and the right hand bouncy-ball chords.

There’s A Fine, Fine Line accompaniment in letter notes

The G – D – Em – Am loop with three-step climb in the left hand and bouncy-ball chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
G
RD5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5
LG2 D3 G3
Bar 2
D
RA4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5
LD2 A2 D3
Bar 3
Em
RB4+E5+G5 B4+E5+G5 B4+E5+G5 B4+E5+G5 B4+E5+G5
LE2 B2 E3
Bar 4
Am
RE4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5 E4 A4 C5 E5 A5 C6 E6 A6
LA2 E3 A3
Bar 5
G
RD5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5
LG2 D3 G3
Bar 6
D
RA4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5
LD2 A2 D3
Bar 7
Em
RB4+E5+G5 B4+E5+G5 B4+E5+G5 B4+E5+G5 B4+E5+G5
LE2 B2 E3
Bar 8
Am
RE4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5
LA2 E3 A3

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’s A Fine, Fine Line

What are the letter notes for the There’s A Fine, Fine Line 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 G – D – Em – Am, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in There’s A Fine, Fine Line?

The loop is G – D – Em – Am (I – V – vi – ii) in G major, and the song ends on C – D7 – G.

What key is There’s A Fine, Fine Line in?

G major, at about 120 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in There’s A Fine, Fine Line?

Three-step climb: broken chord 1-5-8, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is There’s A Fine, Fine Line easy to play on piano?

Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 4 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.

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