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Because Of You: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

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Left hand Bossa swayThe right hand sings the tuneChords the loop the song repeats most

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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 bossa sway (root bass · bossa (1 · 2& · 3 · 4&)), and the right hand sings the tune.

Because Of You accompaniment in letter notes

The Eb – Fm – Db – Eb loop with bossa sway in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Eb
REb4+G4+Bb4
LEb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2
Bar 2
Fm
RF4+Ab4+C5
LF2 F2 F2 F2
Bar 3
Db
RDb4+F4+Ab4
LDb3 Db3 Db3 Db3
Bar 4
Eb
REb4+G4+Bb4 F6 Eb6 Db6 C6 Bb5 Ab5 G5 F5
LEb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2
Bar 5
Eb
REb4+G4+Bb4
LEb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2
Bar 6
Fm
RF4+Ab4+C5
LF2 F2 F2 F2
Bar 7
Db
RDb4+F4+Ab4
LDb3 Db3 Db3 Db3
Bar 8
Eb
REb4+G4+Bb4
LEb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2

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 Eb – Fm – Db – Eb, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Because Of You?

The loop is Eb – Fm – Db – Eb (V – vi – IV – V) in Ab major, and the song ends on Db – Eb – Ab.

What key is Because Of You in?

Ab major, at about 70 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Because Of You?

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 Because Of You 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.