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Winners: piano accompaniment sheet music

By Frank Sinatra

  • Bb major
  • 4/4
  • 90 BPM
  • 1973
  • Medium
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Left hand Drowsy heartbeatRight hand Double-skip chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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Winners written out as piano music: the I – III7 – I – I7 loop in Bb major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays drowsy heartbeat (root bass · 1 · 3 · 4&) and the right hand double-skip chords.

Winners 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.

BarChordNumeralNotes
1BbIBb D F
2D7III7D F# A C
3BbIBb D F
4Bb7I7Bb D F Ab

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: drowsy heartbeat (root bass · 1 · 3 · 4&) in the left hand and double-skip chords in the right, over the Bb – D7 – Bb – Bb7 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.

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Questions about Winners

Does the sheet music for Winners 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 Winners?

The loop is Bb – D7 – Bb – Bb7 (I – III7 – I – I7) in Bb major, and the song ends on Eb – F7 – Bb.

What key is Winners in?

Bb major, at about 90 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Winners?

Drowsy heartbeat: root bass · 1 · 3 · 4&, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Winners 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.