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This Is The Day (A Wedding Song): easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
- C major
- 4/4
- 76 BPM
- 1979
- 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 This Is The Day (A Wedding Song) without reading music. The left hand plays galloping seesaw (root–fifth 1-5-5-1), and the right hand sings the tune.
The main tune of This Is The Day (A Wedding Song) 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 Is The Day (A Wedding Song) accompaniment in letter notes
The C – Em – F – C – Am – Em – Dm7 – Em loop with galloping seesaw in the left hand. 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 Is The Day (A Wedding Song)
What are the letter notes for the This Is The Day (A Wedding Song) 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 C – Em – F – C – Am – Em – Dm7 – Em, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in This Is The Day (A Wedding Song)?
The loop is C – Em – F – C – Am – Em – Dm7 – Em (I – iii – IV – I – vi – iii – ii7 – iii) in C major, and the song ends on C – Csus4 – C.
What key is This Is The Day (A Wedding Song) in?
C major, at about 76 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in This Is The Day (A Wedding Song)?
Galloping seesaw: root–fifth 1-5-5-1, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is This Is The Day (A Wedding Song) easy to play on piano?
It is a medium one: learn the 8 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.
Can I hear the real melody of This Is The Day (A Wedding Song)?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the main tune 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.