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All Too Well: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Taylor Swift

  • C major
  • 4/4
  • 100 BPM
  • Medium
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Left hand Engine 8thsRight hand Pumping chordsChords from the chord symbols in the score

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 Too Well without reading music. The left hand plays engine 8ths (root bass · 8ths) and the right hand pumping chords.

The catchy part of All Too Well in letter notes

The real notes from a score, both hands, bar by bar. R is the right hand, L the left; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
C
RG3+C4 A3+D4 C4+E4 G3+C4 A3+D4 C4+E4
LC2 C2 C3 C2 C2 C2 C3 C2
Bar 2
G
RD4 B3+D4 B3+E4 B3 A3+C4
LG2 G2 G3 G2 G2 G2 G3 G2
Bar 3
Am
RG3+B3 A3+C4
LA1 A1 A2 A1 A1 A1 A2 A1
Bar 4
F
RA3+C4 G3+B3 A3+C4 C4 C4
LF2 F2 F3 F2 F2 F2 F3 F2

All Too Well accompaniment in letter notes

The C – G – Am – F loop with engine 8ths in the left hand and pumping chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
C
RG4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5
LC3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3
Bar 2
G
RD5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5
LG2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2
Bar 3
Am
RE4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5
LA2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2
Bar 4
F
RC5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 A6 F6 C6 A5 Ab5 G5 Gb5 F5
LF2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2
Bar 5
C
RG4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5
LC3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3
Bar 6
G
RD5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5
LG2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2
Bar 7
Am
RE4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5
LA2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2
Bar 8
F
RC5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5
LF2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2

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 Too Well

What are the letter notes for the All Too Well 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 C – G – Am – F, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in All Too Well?

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

What key is All Too Well in?

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

What does the left hand play in All Too Well?

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

Is All Too Well 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.

Can I hear the real melody of All Too Well?

Yes: "The part you know" plays the catchy part of the song from a score, with both hands.

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