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Wings Over The Navy: piano accompaniment sheet music
Artist unknown
- Bb major
- 6/8
- 160 BPM
- 1938
- Medium
Wings Over The Navy written out as piano music: the V7 – I – biiio – I loop in Bb major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays swelling 6/8 (open arpeggio 1-5-8-10-8-5 (6/8)) and the right hand hammock chords.
Wings Over The Navy chord chart
The loop once round, bar by bar, in Bb major. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.
| Bar | Chord | Numeral | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | F7 | V7 | F A C Eb |
| 2 | Bb | I | Bb D F |
| 3 | C#dim | biii° | C# E G |
| 4 | Bb | I | Bb D F |
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: swelling 6/8 (open arpeggio 1-5-8-10-8-5 (6/8)) in the left hand and hammock chords in the right, over the F7 – Bb – C#dim – Bb 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.
Questions about Wings Over The Navy
Does the sheet music for Wings Over The Navy 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 Wings Over The Navy?
The loop is F7 – Bb – C#dim – Bb (V7 – I – biiio – I) in Bb major, and the song ends on Cm – F7 – Bb.
What key is Wings Over The Navy in?
Bb major, at about 160 beats a minute in 6/8.
What does the left hand play in Wings Over The Navy?
Swelling 6/8: open arpeggio 1-5-8-10-8-5 (6/8), a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Wings Over The Navy 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.
Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.