Piano chords · Bossa beach
Back When I Knew It All: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Trent Willmon, Gary Hannan & others
- D major
- 4/4
- 120 BPM
- I–V–ii–IV loop
- 2008
- Medium
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 Back When I Knew It All without reading music. The left hand plays bossa sway (root bass · bossa (1 · 2& · 3 · 4&)) and the right hand gear-shift chords.
Back When I Knew It All accompaniment in letter notes
The D – A – Em – G loop with bossa sway in the left hand and gear-shift 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 Back When I Knew It All
What are the letter notes for the Back When I Knew It All 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 D – A – Em – G, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Back When I Knew It All?
The loop is D – A – Em – G (I – V – ii – IV) in D major, and the song ends on G – A – D.
What key is Back When I Knew It All in?
D major, at about 120 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Back When I Knew It All?
Bossa sway: root bass · bossa (1 · 2& · 3 · 4&), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Back When I Knew It All 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.