Piano chords · Blues & boogie
When The Sun Comes Out: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
- G major
- 4/4
- 75 BPM
- 1941
- Easy
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 When The Sun Comes Out without reading music. The left hand plays velvet jazz (lh shell voicings (1-7 / 1-3)), and the right hand sings the tune.
When The Sun Comes Out accompaniment in letter notes
The D7 – C7 – C#dim – Am loop with velvet jazz in the left hand. 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 When The Sun Comes Out
What are the letter notes for the When The Sun Comes Out 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 D7 – C7 – C#dim – Am, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in When The Sun Comes Out?
The loop is D7 – C7 – C#dim – Am (V7 – IV7 – #ivo – ii) in G major, and the song ends on C – D – G.
What key is When The Sun Comes Out in?
G major, at about 75 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in When The Sun Comes Out?
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 When The Sun Comes Out 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.