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All I Can Do: piano accompaniment sheet music

By Chantal Kreviazuk

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Left hand Engine 8thsRight hand Sprint-and-stop chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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All I Can Do written out as piano music: the V – I – vi – IV loop in G major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays engine 8ths (root bass · 8ths) and the right hand sprint-and-stop chords.

All I Can Do chord chart

The loop once round, bar by bar, in G major. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.

BarChordNumeralNotes
1DVD F# A
2GIG B D
3EmviE G B
4CIVC E G

What the sheet music shows

The grand staff: the right hand on the treble staff, the left hand on the bass staff, with the chord names above and a finger number on each note (1 is the thumb). It is the accompaniment: engine 8ths (root bass · 8ths) in the left hand and sprint-and-stop chords in the right, over the D – G – Em – C chords.

Press play and a cursor follows the music. Above it, Colours paints each note in its key’s colour and Note names writes its letter on its head.

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Questions about All I Can Do

Does the sheet music for All I Can Do have finger numbers?

Yes: every note of both hands has its finger number, 1 being the thumb. To read the notes alone, turn Fingers off above the music.

What chords are in All I Can Do?

The loop is D – G – Em – C (V – I – vi – IV) in G major, and the song ends on G – D – G.

What key is All I Can Do in?

G major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in All I Can Do?

Engine 8ths: root bass · 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is All I Can Do 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.

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