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You Call It Madness: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Nat King Cole

  • G major
  • 2/2
  • 120 BPM
  • Medium
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Left hand Power fifthsRight hand Hopscotch chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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 You Call It Madness without reading music. The left hand plays power fifths (lh power fifths) and the right hand hopscotch chords.

You Call It Madness accompaniment in letter notes

The C – Cm – D7 – G loop with power fifths in the left hand and hopscotch chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4 E4+G4
LC4+G4 C4+G4 C3+G3 C3+G3
Bar 2
Cm
REb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4 Eb4+G4
LC4+G4 C4+G4 C3+G3 C3+G3
Bar 3
D7
RF#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4 F#4+A4
LD3+A3 D3+A3 D2+A2 D2+A2
Bar 4
G
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5 B6 G6 D6 B5 Ab5 G5 F#5 F5
LG3+D4 G3+D4 G2+D3 G2+D3
Bar 5
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4 E4+G4
LC4+G4 C4+G4 C3+G3 C3+G3
Bar 6
Cm
REb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4 Eb4+G4
LC4+G4 C4+G4 C3+G3 C3+G3
Bar 7
D7
RF#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4 F#4+A4
LD3+A3 D3+A3 D2+A2 D2+A2
Bar 8
G
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5 B4+D5
LG3+D4 G3+D4 G2+D3 G2+D3

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 You Call It Madness

What are the letter notes for the You Call It Madness 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 C – Cm – D7 – G, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in You Call It Madness?

The loop is C – Cm – D7 – G (IV – iv – V7 – I) in G major, and the song ends on G – C – G.

What key is You Call It Madness in?

G major, at about 120 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in You Call It Madness?

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

Is You Call It Madness 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.