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All You Had To Do Was Stay: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

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Left hand Pop heartbeatRight hand Dewdrop twinkleChords 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 You Had To Do Was Stay without reading music. The left hand plays pop heartbeat (root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3)) and the right hand dewdrop twinkle.

All You Had To Do Was Stay accompaniment in letter notes

The Bb – F – C – Dm loop with pop heartbeat in the left hand and dewdrop twinkle in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Bb
RBb3 D4 Bb3 D4 Bb3 D4 Bb3 D4 Bb3 D4 Bb3 D4 Bb3 D4 Bb3 D4
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 2
F
RF4 A4 F4 A4 F4 A4 F4 A4 F4 A4 F4 A4 F4 A4 F4 A4
LF2 F2 F2
Bar 3
C
RC4 E4 C4 E4 C4 E4 C4 E4 C4 E4 C4 E4 C4 E4 C4 E4
LC3 C3 C3
Bar 4
Dm
RD4 F4 D4 F4 D4 F4 D4 F4 E4 F4 G4 A4 Bb4 C5 D5 E5
LD2 D2 D2
Bar 5
Bb
RBb3 D4 Bb3 D4 Bb3 D4 Bb3 D4 Bb3 D4 Bb3 D4 Bb3 D4 Bb3 D4
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 6
F
RF4 A4 F4 A4 F4 A4 F4 A4 F4 A4 F4 A4 F4 A4 F4 A4
LF2 F2 F2
Bar 7
C
RC4 E4 C4 E4 C4 E4 C4 E4 C4 E4 C4 E4 C4 E4 C4 E4
LC3 C3 C3
Bar 8
Dm
RD4 F4 D4 F4 D4 F4 D4 F4 D4 F4 D4 F4 D4 F4 D4 F4
LD2 D2 D2

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 You Had To Do Was Stay

What are the letter notes for the All You Had To Do Was Stay 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 Bb – F – C – Dm, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in All You Had To Do Was Stay?

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

What key is All You Had To Do Was Stay in?

F major, at about 96 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in All You Had To Do Was Stay?

Pop heartbeat: root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is All You Had To Do Was Stay 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.