Piano chords · Blues & boogie
This Guy’s In Love With You: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Herb Alpert
- Eb major
- 4/4
- 92 BPM
- 1968
- Easy
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 This Guy’s In Love With You without reading music. The left hand plays velvet jazz (lh shell voicings (1-7 / 1-3)) and the right hand double-clap chords.
The main tune of This Guy’s In Love With 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.
This Guy’s In Love With You accompaniment in letter notes
The Bb7 – Eb7 – Bb7 – Eb – Ab – Cm – Db7 – Eb7 loop with velvet jazz in the left hand and double-clap 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 This Guy’s In Love With You
What are the letter notes for the This Guy’s In Love With 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 Bb7 – Eb7 – Bb7 – Eb – Ab – Cm – Db7 – Eb7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in This Guy’s In Love With You?
The loop is Bb7 – Eb7 – Bb7 – Eb – Ab – Cm – Db7 – Eb7 (V7 – I7 – V7 – I – IV – vi – bVII7 – I7) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Eb.
What key is This Guy’s In Love With You in?
Eb major, at about 92 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in This Guy’s In Love With You?
Velvet jazz: lh shell voicings (1-7 / 1-3), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is This Guy’s In Love With You easy to play on piano?
Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 8 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.
Can I hear the real melody of This Guy’s In Love With You?
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.