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Best Thing I Never Had: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

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Left hand Hurry-and-wait pulseRight hand Pop stabsChords the loop the song repeats most

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 Best Thing I Never Had without reading music. The left hand plays hurry-and-wait pulse (root bass · 1 · 1a · 2&) and the right hand pop stabs.

Best Thing I Never Had accompaniment in letter notes

The F – Bb – Dm – C loop with hurry-and-wait pulse in the left hand and pop stabs in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
F
RA4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5
LF2 F2 F2
Bar 2
Bb
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 3
Dm
RF4+A4+D5 F4+A4+D5 F4+A4+D5
LD2 D2 D2
Bar 4
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4 F4 G4 A4 Bb4 C5 D5 E5
LC3 C3 C3
Bar 5
F
RA4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5
LF2 F2 F2
Bar 6
Bb
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 7
Dm
RF4+A4+D5 F4+A4+D5 F4+A4+D5
LD2 D2 D2
Bar 8
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC3 C3 C3

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 Best Thing I Never Had

What are the letter notes for the Best Thing I Never Had 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 F – Bb – Dm – C, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Best Thing I Never Had?

The loop is F – Bb – Dm – C (I – IV – vi – V) in F major, and the song ends on Dm – C – F.

What key is Best Thing I Never Had in?

F major, at about 95 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Best Thing I Never Had?

Hurry-and-wait pulse: root bass · 1 · 1a · 2&, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Best Thing I Never Had 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.