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True Love: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Cole Porter

  • G major
  • 3/4
  • 100 BPM
  • 1956
  • Easy
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Left hand Oom-pah-pahRight hand Waltz bellsChords the loop the song repeats most

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 True Love without reading music. The left hand plays oom-pah-pah (waltz oom-pah-pah) and the right hand waltz bells.

True Love accompaniment in letter notes

The G – C – Gdim – G loop with oom-pah-pah in the left hand and waltz bells in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
G
RG5 B4+D5 B4+D5
LG2 B2+D3 B2+D3
Bar 2
C
RC5 E4+G4 E4+G4
LC3 E3+G3 E3+G3
Bar 3
Gdim
RG5 Bb4+Db5 Bb4+Db5
LG2 Bb2+Db3 Bb2+Db3
Bar 4
G
RG5 G4 B4 D5 G5 B5 D6 G6 B6
LG2 B2+D3 B2+D3
Bar 5
G
RG5 B4+D5 B4+D5
LG2 B2+D3 B2+D3
Bar 6
C
RC5 E4+G4 E4+G4
LC3 E3+G3 E3+G3
Bar 7
Gdim
RG5 Bb4+Db5 Bb4+Db5
LG2 Bb2+Db3 Bb2+Db3
Bar 8
G
RG5 B4+D5 B4+D5
LG2 B2+D3 B2+D3

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 True Love

What are the letter notes for the True Love 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 G – C – Gdim – G, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in True Love?

The loop is G – C – Gdim – G (I – IV – io – I) in G major, and the song ends on C – D7 – G.

What key is True Love in?

G major, at about 100 beats a minute in 3/4.

What does the left hand play in True Love?

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

Is True Love 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 one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.