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And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
- Bb major
- 2/2
- 120 BPM
- IV–V–iii–vi loop
- 1981
- Easy
Play the full song with sheet music
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 And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going without reading music. The left hand plays lazy footsteps (root bass · 1 · 3 · 4) and the right hand steady chords.
And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going accompaniment in letter notes
The Eb – F – Dm – Gm loop with lazy footsteps in the left hand and steady chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.
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 And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going
What are the letter notes for the And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going 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 Eb – F – Dm – Gm, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going?
The loop is Eb – F – Dm – Gm (IV – V – iii – vi) in Bb major, and the song ends on Eb – F – Bb.
What key is And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going in?
Bb major, at about 120 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going?
Lazy footsteps: root bass · 1 · 3 · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going 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 3 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.