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You're Never Fully Dressed Without A Smile: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Charles Strouse

  • Eb major
  • 4/4
  • 101 BPM
  • 1977
  • Medium
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Left hand Double island pulseRight hand Eager chordsChords from the chord symbols in the score

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're Never Fully Dressed Without A Smile without reading music. The left hand plays double island pulse (root bass · 1 · 1a · 2& · 3 · 3a · 4&) and the right hand eager chords.

The catchy part of You're Never Fully Dressed Without A Smile 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.

Bar 1
Cm7
RC4+Eb4+F4 G4 C4+Eb4+G4 F4 Bb3+Eb4+F4 Bb4 C4+Eb4+Bb4 G4 Ab3+C4+Eb4+G4
LC2+C3 C2+C3 C2+C3 C2+C3 C2+C3 C2+C3
Bar 2
Ab
RAb3+C4+F4 Ab3+C4+Eb4
LAb1+Ab2 Ab1+Ab2 Ab1+Ab2 Ab1+Ab2 Ab1+Ab2 Ab1+Ab2
Bar 3
Eb
RBb3+Eb4+G4 Bb3+Eb4+F4 Bb3+Eb4+Bb4
LEb2+Eb3 Eb2+Eb3 Eb2+Eb3 Eb2+Eb3 Eb2+Eb3 Eb2+Eb3
Bar 4
Bb
RBb3+D4+G4 Bb3+D4+F4 Bb4 Bb3
LBb1+Bb2 Bb1+Bb2 Bb1+Bb2 Bb1+Bb2 Bb1+Bb2 Bb1+Bb2

You're Never Fully Dressed Without A Smile accompaniment in letter notes

The Cm7 – Ab – Eb – Bb loop with double island pulse in the left hand and eager chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Cm7
RG4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5
LC3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3
Bar 2
Ab
REb5+Ab5+C6 Eb5+Ab5+C6 Eb5+Ab5+C6 Eb5+Ab5+C6 Eb5+Ab5+C6
LAb2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2
Bar 3
Eb
RBb4+Eb5+G5 Bb4+Eb5+G5 Bb4+Eb5+G5 Bb4+Eb5+G5 Bb4+Eb5+G5
LEb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2
Bar 4
Bb
RF4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 D4 Eb4 F4 G4 Ab4 Bb4 C5 D5
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 5
Cm7
RG4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5
LC3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3
Bar 6
Ab
REb5+Ab5+C6 Eb5+Ab5+C6 Eb5+Ab5+C6 Eb5+Ab5+C6 Eb5+Ab5+C6
LAb2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2
Bar 7
Eb
RBb4+Eb5+G5 Bb4+Eb5+G5 Bb4+Eb5+G5 Bb4+Eb5+G5 Bb4+Eb5+G5
LEb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2
Bar 8
Bb
RF4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2

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're Never Fully Dressed Without A Smile

What are the letter notes for the You're Never Fully Dressed Without A Smile 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 Cm7 – Ab – Eb – Bb, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in You're Never Fully Dressed Without A Smile?

The loop is Cm7 – Ab – Eb – Bb (vi7 – IV – I – V) in Eb major, and the song ends on Eb – Ab7 – Eb.

What key is You're Never Fully Dressed Without A Smile in?

Eb major, at about 101 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in You're Never Fully Dressed Without A Smile?

Double island pulse: root bass · 1 · 1a · 2& · 3 · 3a · 4&, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is You're Never Fully Dressed Without A Smile 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.

Can I hear the real melody of You're Never Fully Dressed Without A Smile?

Yes: "The part you know" plays the catchy part of the song from a score, with both hands.

Made from 4 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.