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Where Or When: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Rodgers & Hart

  • C minor
  • 2/2
  • 82 BPM
  • 1937
  • Medium
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Left hand Power fifthsRight hand Hopscotch bellsChords from the chord symbols in the score

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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 Where Or When without reading music. The left hand plays power fifths (lh power fifths) and the right hand hopscotch bells.

The repeating figure of Where Or When 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
Eb
RC4 G3+Bb3+C4 C4 G3+Bb3+C4
LEb2 Bb1
Bar 2
Ebmaj7
RD4 G3+Bb3 G3+Bb3
LEb2 Bb1
Bar 3
Ebmaj7
RD4 G3+Bb3 G3+Bb3
LEb2 Bb1
Bar 4
Fm7
REb4 F3+Ab3+C4+Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 F3+Ab3+C4+Eb4 Eb4
LEb2 Bb1

Where Or When accompaniment in letter notes

The Eb – Ebmaj7 – Ebmaj7 – Fm7 loop with power fifths in the left hand and hopscotch bells in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Eb
REb5 G4+Bb4 G4+Bb4
LEb3+Bb3 Eb3+Bb3 Eb2+Bb2 Eb2+Bb2
Bar 2
Ebmaj7
REb5 G4+Bb4 G4+Bb4
LEb3+Bb3 Eb3+Bb3 Eb2+Bb2 Eb2+Bb2
Bar 3
Ebmaj7
REb5 G4+Bb4 G4+Bb4
LEb3+Bb3 Eb3+Bb3 Eb2+Bb2 Eb2+Bb2
Bar 4
Fm7
RF5 Ab4+C5 F6 Eb6 C6 Ab5 G5 Gb5 F5 E5
LF3+C4 F3+C4 F2+C3 F2+C3
Bar 5
Eb
REb5 G4+Bb4 G4+Bb4
LEb3+Bb3 Eb3+Bb3 Eb2+Bb2 Eb2+Bb2
Bar 6
Ebmaj7
REb5 G4+Bb4 G4+Bb4
LEb3+Bb3 Eb3+Bb3 Eb2+Bb2 Eb2+Bb2
Bar 7
Ebmaj7
REb5 G4+Bb4 G4+Bb4
LEb3+Bb3 Eb3+Bb3 Eb2+Bb2 Eb2+Bb2
Bar 8
Fm7
RF5 Ab4+C5 Ab4+C5
LF3+C4 F3+C4 F2+C3 F2+C3

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 Where Or When

What are the letter notes for the Where Or When 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 Eb – Ebmaj7 – Ebmaj7 – Fm7, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Where Or When?

The loop is Eb – Ebmaj7 – Ebmaj7 – Fm7 (III – IIImaj7 – iv7 – III) in C minor, and the song ends on C – G7 – C.

What key is Where Or When in?

C minor, at about 82 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in Where Or When?

Power fifths: lh power fifths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Where Or When 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 Where Or When?

Yes: "The part you know" plays the repeating figure 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.