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Because Of You: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Ne-Yo
- C minor
- 4/4
- 110 BPM
- Medium
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 Because Of You without reading music. The left hand plays run-up footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 4&) and the right hand rocking thirds.
Because Of You accompaniment in letter notes
The Absus4 – Bbsus4 – Cm – Absus4 loop with run-up footsteps in the left hand and rocking thirds 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 Because Of You
What are the letter notes for the Because Of You 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 Absus4 – Bbsus4 – Cm – Absus4, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Because Of You?
The loop is Absus4 – Bbsus4 – Cm – Absus4 (bVIsus – bVIIsus – i – bVIsus) in C minor, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Cm.
What key is Because Of You in?
C minor, at about 110 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Because Of You?
Run-up footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 4&, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Because Of You 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.