Piano chords · Bossa beach
What A Difference You’ve Made In My Life: piano accompaniment sheet music
Written by Archie Jordan
- Bb major
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- V–IV–V–I loop
- 1977
- Medium
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What A Difference You’ve Made In My Life written out as piano music: the V – IV – V – I loop in Bb major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays bossa sway (root bass · bossa (1 · 2& · 3 · 4&)) and the right hand groovy chords.
What A Difference You’ve Made In My Life chord chart
The loop once round, bar by bar, in Bb 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 | F | V | F A C |
| 2 | Eb | IV | Eb G Bb |
| 3 | F | V | F A C |
| 4 | Bb | I | Bb D F |
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: bossa sway (root bass · bossa (1 · 2& · 3 · 4&)) in the left hand and groovy chords in the right, over the F – Eb – F – Bb 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 What A Difference You’ve Made In My Life
Does the sheet music for What A Difference You’ve Made In My Life 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 What A Difference You’ve Made In My Life?
The loop is F – Eb – F – Bb (V – IV – V – I) in Bb major, and the song ends on Eb – F – Bb.
What key is What A Difference You’ve Made In My Life in?
Bb major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in What A Difference You’ve Made In My Life?
Bossa sway: root bass · bossa (1 · 2& · 3 · 4&), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is What A Difference You’ve Made In My Life 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.