Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
Watch What Happens: piano accompaniment sheet music
- Eb major
- 4/4
- 132 BPM
- 1964
- Medium
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Watch What Happens written out as piano music: the I – II7 – ii – I loop in Eb major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays island zigzag (broken chord 8-12-5) and the right hand groovy chords.
Watch What Happens chord chart
The loop once round, bar by bar, in Eb major. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.
| Bar | Chord | Numeral | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eb | I | Eb G Bb |
| 2 | F7 | II7 | F A C Eb |
| 3 | Fm | ii | F Ab C |
| 4 | Eb | I | Eb G Bb |
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: island zigzag (broken chord 8-12-5) in the left hand and groovy chords in the right, over the Eb – F7 – Fm – Eb 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 Watch What Happens
Does the sheet music for Watch What Happens 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 Watch What Happens?
The loop is Eb – F7 – Fm – Eb (I – II7 – ii – I) in Eb major, and the song ends on Eb – Bb7 – Eb.
What key is Watch What Happens in?
Eb major, at about 132 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Watch What Happens?
Island zigzag: broken chord 8-12-5, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Watch What Happens 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.