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All I Want Is You: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Barry Louis Polisar

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Left hand Stride jumpsRight hand Bossa chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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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 All I Want Is You without reading music. The left hand plays stride jumps (stride) and the right hand bossa chords.

All I Want Is You accompaniment in letter notes

The G – C – G – D loop with stride jumps in the left hand and bossa chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
G
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5
LG2 D3+G3 G2 D3+G3
Bar 2
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC3 G3+C4 C3 G3+C4
Bar 3
G
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5
LG2 D3+G3 G2 D3+G3
Bar 4
D
RF#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 A6 F#6 D6 A5 F#5 F5 E5 Eb5
LD2 A2+D3 D2 A2+D3
Bar 5
G
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5
LG2 D3+G3 G2 D3+G3
Bar 6
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC3 G3+C4 C3 G3+C4
Bar 7
G
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5
LG2 D3+G3 G2 D3+G3
Bar 8
D
RF#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5
LD2 A2+D3 D2 A2+D3

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 All I Want Is You

What are the letter notes for the All I Want Is You 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 G – C – G – D, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in All I Want Is You?

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

What key is All I Want Is You in?

G major, at about 160 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in All I Want Is You?

Stride jumps: stride, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is All I Want Is You easy to play on piano?

Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 4 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.

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