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Baby I Need Your Lovin’: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & others
- Bb major
- 4/4
- 118 BPM
- I–IV–I–IV loop
- 1964
- 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 Baby I Need Your Lovin’ without reading music. The left hand plays late-hop footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 3& · 4) and the right hand bossa chords.
Baby I Need Your Lovin’ accompaniment in letter notes
The Bb – Eb – Bb – Eb loop with late-hop footsteps in the left hand and bossa 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 Baby I Need Your Lovin’
What are the letter notes for the Baby I Need Your Lovin’ 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 – Eb – Bb – Eb, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Baby I Need Your Lovin’?
The loop is Bb – Eb – Bb – Eb (I – IV – I – IV) in Bb major, and the song ends on Eb – F – Bb.
What key is Baby I Need Your Lovin’ in?
Bb major, at about 118 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Baby I Need Your Lovin’?
Late-hop footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 3& · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Baby I Need Your Lovin’ 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.