Heart and Soul (piano) – Sheet Music Version STEREO

September 12009

MP3 of this song can be downloaded at:

http://www.justmyfolder.com/heart.htm

Ever wonder what the sheet music version of this song sounded like? So did I, that’s why I took the time to learn it.

This is the duet version (written for four hands). This is the original version of sheet music as composed by Hoagy Carmichael in the late 1930s (not a modified/arranged/easy version). Note it is rather different then the common version you’ve always heard played in scale C.

As an amateur player, I made every attempt to play this accurately – with no changes to the sheet music on my part. I tried to play all embellishments accurately (accents, crescendos, loudness/softness symbols, etc). In the beginning, I had problems getting the tempo/speed consistent. I finally used a Dr. Beat metronome set to 130bpm to get a consistent tempo on the chord pattern – which should be very accurate. I opted not to play the entire piece twice per the “repeat” symbol near the end.

Obviously, I couldn’t play all four hands at the same time. The chord pattern was recorded into my digital piano’s memory – then the melody was played during the video. The piano is a Yamaha P120.

The sound for this video was recorded directly from the the RCA line output jacks of the piano. Without getting technical, in order to post this with decent stereo sound, a sacrifice in video quality was necessary.

Please do not ask me to send you a copy of the sheet music – it was borrowed and returned to a friend. It is currently available from most of the large on-line sheet music stores, like sheetmusicplus.com (the cover is pictured at the end of the video).

I was not the first to post the sheet music version of Heart & Soul on youtube. That honor goes to a father/son concert video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkqg4VGvBeY

Duration : 0:1:59


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25 Responses

  1. mbrcanton12 Says:

    i thought i was 40s …
    i thought i was 40s tru 80s. huh thats intresting

  2. foxdawg123 Says:

    This made me laugh …
    This made me laugh in superman returns lol

  3. AJ251182 Says:

    Quien Es El autor …
    Quien Es El autor de esta cancion?

  4. akcarlton1228 Says:

    this sounds so cool …
    this sounds so cool…i only know how to play two parts of it…

  5. anythingcool2455 Says:

    i love heart and …
    i love heart and soul its just awesome

  6. banaanugget Says:

    awaaa..
    i love …

    awaaa..
    i love that song. :]
    i learned it perfectly on my second
    hour of my piano lessons.

  7. endowrider Says:

    Yay I was 600th!
    Yay I was 600th!

  8. easy77146 Says:

    i love this song
    i love this song

  9. rudyxrudy Says:

    every teenage girl …
    every teenage girl in the 50’s-70’s played this song

  10. Love4Passion Says:

    i downloaded all …
    i downloaded all your versions on my mp3, i listen to them everyday! i can just listen to them all day and still not get used to it!

  11. Love4Passion Says:

    love it!1 thanks so …
    love it!1 thanks so posting it! i love all your versions of this song!

  12. syrus638 Says:

    makes me want to do …
    makes me want to do a silent move
    X3

  13. weese011277 Says:

    i think this is the …
    i think this is the best one out of all i’ve seen.

  14. mariasaurusrexxx Says:

    this brought a …
    this brought a smile to my face (:

  15. ElDoucho Says:

    Yes, just youtube ” …
    Yes, just youtube “Heart and Soul” and I think it’s the top result with black background.

  16. monkeygrl196 Says:

    i liked this alot. …
    i liked this alot. are there words to it?

  17. put184 Says:

    i heard this on a …
    i heard this on a movie called BIG it good music :)

  18. pals135 Says:

    wow
    wow

  19. SquishyRainbow Says:

    Haha this cheered …
    Haha this cheered me up :]]]. Not that I was upset or anything.
    Very nice.

  20. deathgirl808 Says:

    Man, I love this …
    Man, I love this song, Great JOB!!!

  21. sblaze100 Says:

    kewl!
    kewl!

  22. olymania Says:

    i’ve heard this …
    i’ve heard this song so many times, but i never knew it was more complex than just a couple chords… luv it! plus, u have the same piano as me :) 5/5!

  23. 7thKazekage Says:

    thank you for …
    thank you for having mp3 downloads available

  24. Darthbelal Says:

    Times like this, I …
    Times like this, I wish I could play the keyboard, great job!

  25. lalahead98 Says:

    Great job!
    Great job!

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