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What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?: piano accompaniment sheet music
- D major
- 4/4
- 80 BPM
- Easy
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What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? written out as piano music: the iii – #iv – VII7 – III loop in D major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays velvet jazz (lh shell voicings (1-7 / 1-3)) and the right hand knock-knock chords.
What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? chord chart
The loop once round, bar by bar, in D 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#m | iii | F# A C# |
| 2 | G#m | #iv | G# B D# |
| 3 | C#7 | VII7 | C# E# G# B |
| 4 | F# | III | F# A# C# |
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: velvet jazz (lh shell voicings (1-7 / 1-3)) in the left hand and knock-knock chords in the right, over the F#m – G#m – C#7 – F# 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 Are You Doing New Year's Eve?
Does the sheet music for What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? 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 Are You Doing New Year's Eve??
The loop is F#m – G#m – C#7 – F# (iii – #iv – VII7 – III) in D major, and the song ends on D – C – D.
What key is What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? in?
D major, at about 80 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in What Are You Doing New Year's Eve??
Velvet jazz: lh shell voicings (1-7 / 1-3), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? 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.