Piano chords · Rock drive
What A Wonderful World: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
- F major
- 4/4
- 60 BPM
- 1967
- Medium
Play the full song with sheet music
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 What A Wonderful World without reading music. The left hand plays giant steps (lh chords) and the right hand ticking clock.
The main tune of What A Wonderful World 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.
What A Wonderful World accompaniment in letter notes
The Db – C7 – F – Gm7 – C loop with giant steps in the left hand and ticking clock 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 What A Wonderful World
What are the letter notes for the What A Wonderful World 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 Db – C7 – F – Gm7 – C, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in What A Wonderful World?
The loop is Db – C7 – F – Gm7 – C (bVI – V7 – I – ii7 – V) in F major, and the song ends on F – Gm – F.
What key is What A Wonderful World in?
F major, at about 60 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in What A Wonderful World?
Giant steps: lh chords, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is What A Wonderful World easy to play on piano?
It is a medium one: learn the 5 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.
Can I hear the real melody of What A Wonderful World?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the main tune of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from 6 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.