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Warm Valley: piano accompaniment sheet music

By Duke Ellington

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Warm Valley written out as piano music: the ii – V7 – I – ii loop in G major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays boogie walker (boogie-woogie line) and the right hand hopscotch chords.

Warm Valley chord chart

The loop once round, bar by bar, in G major. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.

BarChordNumeralNotes
1AmiiA C E
2D7V7D F# A C
3GIG B D
4AmiiA C E

What the sheet music shows

The grand staff: the right hand on the treble staff, the left hand on the bass staff, with the chord names above and a finger number on each note (1 is the thumb). It is the accompaniment: boogie walker (boogie-woogie line) in the left hand and hopscotch chords in the right, over the Am – D7 – G – Am chords.

Press play and a cursor follows the music. Above it, Colours paints each note in its key’s colour and Note names writes its letter on its head.

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Questions about Warm Valley

Does the sheet music for Warm Valley have finger numbers?

Yes: every note of both hands has its finger number, 1 being the thumb. To read the notes alone, turn Fingers off above the music.

What chords are in Warm Valley?

The loop is Am – D7 – G – Am (ii – V7 – I – ii) in G major, and the song ends on G – Am – G.

What key is Warm Valley in?

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

What does the left hand play in Warm Valley?

Boogie walker: boogie-woogie line, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Warm Valley easy to play on piano?

It is a medium one: learn the 4 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.

Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.