Piano chords · Old-time stride
You Make Me Feel So Young: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
- Bb major
- 2/2
- 92 BPM
- 1946
- 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 You Make Me Feel So Young without reading music. The left hand plays stride jumps (stride) and the right hand freeze-tag chords.
The catchy part of You Make Me Feel So Young 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.
You Make Me Feel So Young accompaniment in letter notes
The Bb – Bdim – Cm7 – F7 – Bb – Bdim – Fm7 – F7 loop with stride jumps in the left hand and freeze-tag chords in the right. 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 You Make Me Feel So Young
What are the letter notes for the You Make Me Feel So Young 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 Bb – Bdim – Cm7 – F7 – Bb – Bdim – Fm7 – F7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in You Make Me Feel So Young?
The loop is Bb – Bdim – Cm7 – F7 – Bb – Bdim – Fm7 – F7 (I – bii° – ii7 – V7 – I – bii° – v7 – V7) in Bb major, and the song ends on Eb – F – Bb.
What key is You Make Me Feel So Young in?
Bb major, at about 92 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in You Make Me Feel So Young?
Stride jumps: stride, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is You Make Me Feel So Young easy to play on piano?
Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 8 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.
Can I hear the real melody of You Make Me Feel So Young?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the catchy part of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from 3 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.