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

By The Lettermen

  • Eb major
  • 2/2
  • 92 BPM
  • 1952
  • Medium
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Left hand Open skyRight hand Hopscotch chordsChords from the chord symbols in the score

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 open sky (open arpeggio 1-5-10) and the right hand hopscotch chords.

The catchy part of When I Fall In Love 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.

Bar 1
Bb7
RAb3+C4+Eb4 Ab3+D4+F4 Ab3+Bb3+D4
LF2 Bb1
Bar 2
Eb
RG3+Bb3 G3+Bb3+Eb4 Eb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4+Bb4
LEb2 Bb2
Bar 3
C7
RE4+Ab4 Db4 C4 G4
LC3 Bb3
Bar 4
Fm7
RF4 Ab3+C4 C4 D4 C4
LF2 Eb3

When I Fall In Love accompaniment in letter notes

The Bb7 – Eb – C7 – Fm7 loop with open sky in the left hand and hopscotch chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Bb7
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4 D4+F4
LBb2 F3 D4
Bar 2
Eb
RG4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4 G4+Bb4
LEb2 Bb2 G3
Bar 3
C7
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4 E4+G4
LC3 G3 E4
Bar 4
Fm7
RAb4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5 F4 Ab4 C5 Eb5 F5 Ab5 C6 Eb6
LF2 C3 Ab3
Bar 5
Bb7
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4 D4+F4
LBb2 F3 D4
Bar 6
Eb
RG4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4 G4+Bb4
LEb2 Bb2 G3
Bar 7
C7
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4 E4+G4
LC3 G3 E4
Bar 8
Fm7
RAb4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5 Ab4+C5
LF2 C3 Ab3

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 Bb7 – Eb – C7 – Fm7, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in When I Fall In Love?

The loop is Bb7 – Eb – C7 – Fm7 (V7 – I – VI7 – ii7) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Eb.

What key is When I Fall In Love in?

Eb major, at about 92 beats a minute in 2/2.

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

Open sky: open arpeggio 1-5-10, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is When I Fall In Love 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 When I Fall In Love?

Yes: "The part you know" plays the catchy part of the song from a score, with both hands.

Made from 4 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.