Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life: piano accompaniment sheet music
By Alan and Marilyn Bergman and Michel Legrand
- A minor
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- 1969
- Medium
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What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life written out as piano music: the i – VImaj7 – i – VImaj7 loop in A minor for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays rolling waves (open arpeggio 1-5-10-5) and the right hand hopscotch chords.
What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life chord chart
The loop once round, bar by bar, in A minor. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.
| Bar | Chord | Numeral | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Am | i | A C E |
| 3 | Fmaj7 | VImaj7 | F A 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: rolling waves (open arpeggio 1-5-10-5) in the left hand and hopscotch chords in the right, over the Am – Am – Fmaj7 – Fmaj7 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.
To see the real melody written out, play “The part you know”: the sheet music changes to it.
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Questions about What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life
Does the sheet music for What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your 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 Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life?
The loop is Am – Am – Fmaj7 – Fmaj7 (i – VImaj7 – i – VImaj7) in A minor, and the song ends on F – G – Am.
What key is What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life in?
A minor, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life?
Rolling waves: open arpeggio 1-5-10-5, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your 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.
Can I hear the real melody of What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the catchy part of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from 3 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.