Heart and Soul – Hoagy Carmichael

About this piece

Heart and Soul is a 1938 song by Hoagy Carmichael, now best known as the piano duet that many people learn first. Its looping chord pattern and bouncy tune are made for playing with a friend. On this page you get the opening 23 seconds (129 notes, about 6 a second), out of 0:45 in the full arrangement, about half of it. It is written in 4/4 at about 160 beats per minute. From its lowest note, F2, to its highest, A5, it covers about 3½ octaves. About 48 % of the preview’s key presses sound two or more notes at once; the rest are single notes.

Full song

0:45

Preview

the opening 23 s, 129 notes

Tempo

about 160 bpm

Time signature

4/4

Range (full song)

F2–A5 (about 3½ octaves)

Notes (full song)

290