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Three Coins In The Fountain: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Frank Sinatra

  • Eb major
  • 4/4
  • 100 BPM
  • 1954
  • Medium
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Left hand Rolling wavesThe right hand sings the tuneChords from the chord symbols in the score

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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 Three Coins In The Fountain without reading music. The left hand plays rolling waves (open arpeggio 1-5-10-5), and the right hand sings the tune.

The catchy part of Three Coins In The Fountain 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
Bb7
RC4+F4+Ab4+Bb4 Ab3+D4+F4 C4+Eb4 D4
LEb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 2
Fm → Bb7
RC4+F4+Ab4 F4+Ab4 Ab3+Eb4+G4 D4+F4 C4+Eb4 D4+F4
LEb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 3
Eb
REb4+G4 G3 D4 C4
LEb2 Bb2
Bar 4
Eb → Cm7
RG3+Bb3+Eb4 G3+Bb3+Eb4 G3+Bb3+Eb4 F4 G4
LEb3 D3 C3

Three Coins In The Fountain accompaniment in letter notes

The Bb7 – Fm – Bb7 – Eb – Eb – Cm7 loop with rolling waves in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Bb7
RBb3+D4+F4
LBb2 F3 D4 F3
Bar 2
Fm → Bb7
RF4+Ab4+C5 Bb3+D4+F4
LF2 C3 D4 F3
Bar 3
Eb
REb4+G4+Bb4
LEb2 Bb2 G3 Bb2
Bar 4
Eb → Cm7
REb4+G4+Bb4 G4 Bb4 C5 Eb5 G5 Bb5 C6 Eb6
LEb2 Bb2 Eb4 G3
Bar 5
Bb7
RBb3+D4+F4
LBb2 F3 D4 F3
Bar 6
Fm → Bb7
RF4+Ab4+C5 Bb3+D4+F4
LF2 C3 D4 F3
Bar 7
Eb
REb4+G4+Bb4
LEb2 Bb2 G3 Bb2
Bar 8
Eb → Cm7
REb4+G4+Bb4 C4+Eb4+G4
LEb2 Bb2 Eb4 G3

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 Three Coins In The Fountain

What are the letter notes for the Three Coins In The Fountain 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 – Fm – Bb7 – Eb – Eb – Cm7, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Three Coins In The Fountain?

The loop is Bb7 – Fm – Bb7 – Eb – Eb – Cm7 (V7 – ii – V7 – I – vi7 – V7) in Eb major, and the song ends on Eb – Fm – Eb.

What key is Three Coins In The Fountain in?

Eb major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Three Coins In The Fountain?

Rolling waves: open arpeggio 1-5-10-5, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Three Coins In The Fountain 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 Three Coins In The Fountain?

Yes: "The part you know" plays the catchy part 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.