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You Never Say Good Luck On Opening Night: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Mel Brooks
- D major
- 4/4
- 150 BPM
- V7–I–vi–ii loop
- 2000
- 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 Never Say Good Luck On Opening Night without reading music. The left hand plays giant steps (lh chords) and the right hand offbeat skank.
You Never Say Good Luck On Opening Night accompaniment in letter notes
The A7 – D – Bm – Em loop with giant steps in the left hand and offbeat skank 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 Never Say Good Luck On Opening Night
What are the letter notes for the You Never Say Good Luck On Opening Night 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 A7 – D – Bm – Em, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in You Never Say Good Luck On Opening Night?
The loop is A7 – D – Bm – Em (V7 – I – vi – ii) in D major, and the song ends on G – A – D.
What key is You Never Say Good Luck On Opening Night in?
D major, at about 150 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in You Never Say Good Luck On Opening Night?
Giant steps: lh chords, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is You Never Say Good Luck On Opening Night easy to play on piano?
Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 4 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.
Made from 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.