Piano chords · Old-time stride
Till There Was You: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
- Eb major
- 4/4
- 90 BPM
- 1950
- 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 Till There Was You without reading music. The left hand plays oom-pah (bass + chords) and the right hand hopscotch chords.
The main tune of Till There Was 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.
Till There Was You accompaniment in letter notes
The Eb – Gm – C7 – Bb – Fm – Ab – Ab7 – Abm loop with oom-pah in the left hand and hopscotch 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 Till There Was You
What are the letter notes for the Till There Was 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 Eb – Gm – C7 – Bb – Fm – Ab – Ab7 – Abm, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Till There Was You?
The loop is Eb – Gm – C7 – Bb – Fm – Ab – Ab7 – Abm (I – iii – VI7 – V – ii – IV – IV7 – iv) in Eb major, and the song ends on Eb – Abm – Eb.
What key is Till There Was You in?
Eb major, at about 90 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Till There Was You?
Oom-pah: bass + chords, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Till There Was 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 Till There Was You?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the main tune of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from 4 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.