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All We Needed: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Craig David

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Left hand Oom-pahRight hand Steady chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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 We Needed without reading music. The left hand plays oom-pah (bass + chords) and the right hand steady chords.

All We Needed accompaniment in letter notes

The Cm – Gm – Cm – Gm loop with oom-pah in the left hand and steady chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Cm
REb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4+C5
LC3 Eb3+G3 Eb3+G3 Eb3+G3
Bar 2
Gm
RBb4+D5+G5 Bb4+D5+G5 Bb4+D5+G5 Bb4+D5+G5
LG2 Bb2+D3 Bb2+D3 Bb2+D3
Bar 3
Cm
REb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4+C5
LC3 Eb3+G3 Eb3+G3 Eb3+G3
Bar 4
Gm
RBb4+D5+G5 Bb4+D5+G5 Bb6 G6 D6 Bb5 G5 F#5 F5 E5
LG2 Bb2+D3 Bb2+D3 Bb2+D3
Bar 5
Cm
REb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4+C5
LC3 Eb3+G3 Eb3+G3 Eb3+G3
Bar 6
Gm
RBb4+D5+G5 Bb4+D5+G5 Bb4+D5+G5 Bb4+D5+G5
LG2 Bb2+D3 Bb2+D3 Bb2+D3
Bar 7
Cm
REb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4+C5
LC3 Eb3+G3 Eb3+G3 Eb3+G3
Bar 8
Gm
RBb4+D5+G5 Bb4+D5+G5 Bb4+D5+G5 Bb4+D5+G5
LG2 Bb2+D3 Bb2+D3 Bb2+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 We Needed

What are the letter notes for the All We Needed 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 Cm – Gm – Cm – Gm, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in All We Needed?

The loop is Cm – Gm – Cm – Gm (iv – i – iv – i) in G minor, and the song ends on Eb – F – Gm.

What key is All We Needed in?

G minor, at about 82 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in All We Needed?

Oom-pah: bass + chords, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is All We Needed 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.