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When I Fall In Love: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Nat King Cole

  • Db major
  • 4/4
  • 78 BPM
  • 1952
  • Easy
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Left hand Pausing footstepsRight hand Soft chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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 When I Fall In Love without reading music. The left hand plays pausing footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 3) and the right hand soft chords.

When I Fall In Love accompaniment in letter notes

The Ab7 – Db – Gbm – Db loop with pausing footsteps in the left hand and soft chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Ab7
REb5+Ab5+C6 Eb5+Ab5+C6 Eb5+Ab5+C6
LAb2 Ab2 Ab3
Bar 2
Db
RAb4+Db5+F5 Ab4+Db5+F5 Ab4+Db5+F5
LDb3 Db3 Db4
Bar 3
Gbm
RDb5+Gb5+Bbb5 Db5+Gb5+Bbb5 Db5+Gb5+Bbb5
LGb2 Gb2 Gb3
Bar 4
Db
RAb4+Db5+F5 Db4 Eb4 F4 Gb4 Ab4 Bb4 C5 Db5
LDb3 Db3 Db4
Bar 5
Ab7
REb5+Ab5+C6 Eb5+Ab5+C6 Eb5+Ab5+C6
LAb2 Ab2 Ab3
Bar 6
Db
RAb4+Db5+F5 Ab4+Db5+F5 Ab4+Db5+F5
LDb3 Db3 Db4
Bar 7
Gbm
RDb5+Gb5+Bbb5 Db5+Gb5+Bbb5 Db5+Gb5+Bbb5
LGb2 Gb2 Gb3
Bar 8
Db
RAb4+Db5+F5 Ab4+Db5+F5 Ab4+Db5+F5
LDb3 Db3 Db4

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 When I Fall In Love

What are the letter notes for the When I Fall In Love 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 Ab7 – Db – Gbm – Db, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in When I Fall In Love?

The loop is Ab7 – Db – Gbm – Db (V7 – I – iv – I) in Db major, and the song ends on Gb – Ab – Db.

What key is When I Fall In Love in?

Db major, at about 78 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in When I Fall In Love?

Pausing footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is When I Fall In Love 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.