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Three Times A Lady: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Lionel Richie

  • Ab major
  • 3/4
  • 76 BPM
  • 1978
  • Easy
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Left hand Oom-pah-pahThe right hand sings the tuneChords 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 Three Times A Lady without reading music. The left hand plays oom-pah-pah (waltz oom-pah-pah), and the right hand sings the tune.

Three Times A Lady accompaniment in letter notes

The Ab – Fm – C – Ab loop with oom-pah-pah in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Ab
RAb4+C5+Eb5
LAb2 C3+Eb3 C3+Eb3
Bar 2
Fm
RF4+Ab4+C5
LF2 Ab2+C3 Ab2+C3
Bar 3
C
RC4+E4+G4
LC3 E3+G3 E3+G3
Bar 4
Ab
RAb4+C5+Eb5 Ab4 C5 Eb5 Ab5 C6 Eb6 Ab6 C7
LAb2 C3+Eb3 C3+Eb3
Bar 5
Ab
RAb4+C5+Eb5
LAb2 C3+Eb3 C3+Eb3
Bar 6
Fm
RF4+Ab4+C5
LF2 Ab2+C3 Ab2+C3
Bar 7
C
RC4+E4+G4
LC3 E3+G3 E3+G3
Bar 8
Ab
RAb4+C5+Eb5
LAb2 C3+Eb3 C3+Eb3

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 Times A Lady

What are the letter notes for the Three Times A Lady 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 Ab – Fm – C – Ab, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Three Times A Lady?

The loop is Ab – Fm – C – Ab (I – vi – III – I) in Ab major, and the song ends on Db – Eb – Ab.

What key is Three Times A Lady in?

Ab major, at about 76 beats a minute in 3/4.

What does the left hand play in Three Times A Lady?

Oom-pah-pah: waltz oom-pah-pah, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Three Times A Lady 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.