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Summertime

From Porgy and Bess - Digital Sheet Music

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Scoring:	Piano/Vocal/Chords
Instruments:	Piano Voice, range: C4-C5
Range:	Voice:
Pro Credit Eligible:	Yes
Interactive:	Yes
Pages:	4
Product #:	MN0041294_D4
Lyrics:	Contains complete lyrics

One of Gershwin's most popular songs, this comes from the opera Porgy and Bess, and it has become a jazz standard over the years. The song is written in a minor key, but the lyrics sound uplifting and comforting, most likely because Clara is singing to an orphaned baby whose parents died in a storm. Enjoy singing and playing this interesting jazz piece.

Contains complete lyrics

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Title:	Summertime
From:	Porgy and Bess
Instruments:	Piano Voice, range: C4-C5
Scorings:	Piano/Vocal/Chords
Transposed Key:	F Minor
Original Published Key:	A Minor
Product Type:		Musicnotes
Product #:	MN0041294_D4
Price:	$5.99 Includes 1 print + interactive copy with lifetime access in our free apps. Each additional print is $4.99
Number of Pages:	4
Average Rating:	Rated 4.5/5 based on 337 customer ratings
Top Review:	"This was a firstcalss arrangenment based on the original orchestral?band version" Read reviews
Lyrics Begin:	Summertime the in' is easy,

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From:	Porgy and Bess
Number of Pages:	4
Forms:	Song Musical
Instruments:	Piano Voice, range: C4-C5
Scoring:	Piano/Vocal/Chords
Transposed Key:	F Minor
Original Published Key:	A Minor
Product Type:		Musicnotes
Product #:	MN0041294_D4
Tempo:	Moderato (with expressio
Metronome:	q = 111
Genres:	Jazz Show/Broadway Standards Theater Musical

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Composer:	George Gershwin
Lyricist:	Ira Gershwin Dorothy Heyward
Publisher:	Alfred Publishing Co., Inc.
Product Type:		Musicnotes
Product #:	MN0041294_D4
Lyrics Begin:	Summertime the in' is easy,
From the Show:	Porgy and Bess
From the Book:	The Smash Broadway Collection

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Displaying the top 10 out of 19 reviews for "Summertime"

This was a firstcalss arrangenment based on the original orchestral?band version

CHRIS_HARRIS

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Great music sheet I just practice this song with my voice teacher, thought that would be difficult but it was not.

Life_Harmony

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Good, simple arrangement. Gives you a chance to jazz it up as desired.

AimeeLeigh84

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Wonderful song

Rex_Warren_Bull

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One of my all-time favorites this arrangement is well done. The voice line is consistent in the right-hand accompaniment with the bass adding what is needed.

Ida_Adams

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Helped me prepare for voice lesson.

Sue_Fannetti

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Buttery cadences, a slow slide of pleasure.

Rand_Lee

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Grateful for such an accessible and fine arrangement; and so was my pianist.

Eve_Ilsen

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No surprises. Also, I guessed (correctly, though I peeked too) that theyd have all the well-known doo-dads featured in the original and used in many stylized recordings. The singer told me what key, and voila! How much more can I ask for five bucks? Ill copy this review (almost) to the other song I got.

alan_siegal

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As always, music notes provided me with a great arrangement in the key that works for me.

Pamela_Kirkham

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