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Between You & I: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Jessica Simpson & Cory Rooney

  • D major
  • 12/8
  • 90 BPM
  • 2006
  • Easy
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Left hand Slow-dance heartbeatThe right hand sings the tuneChords 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 Between You & I without reading music. The left hand plays slow-dance heartbeat (root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 (12/8)), and the right hand sings the tune.

Between You & I accompaniment in letter notes

The D – Bm – Bb – A loop with slow-dance heartbeat in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
D
RD4+F#4+A4
LD2 D2 D2 D2
Bar 2
Bm
RB3+D4+F#4
LB2 B2 B2 B2
Bar 3
Bb
RBb3+D4+F4
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 4
A
RA3+C#4+E4 E4 A4 C#5 E5 A5 C#6 E6 A6 C#7
LA2 A2 A2 A2
Bar 5
D
RD4+F#4+A4
LD2 D2 D2 D2
Bar 6
Bm
RB3+D4+F#4
LB2 B2 B2 B2
Bar 7
Bb
RBb3+D4+F4
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 8
A
RA3+C#4+E4
LA2 A2 A2 A2

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.

Questions about Between You & I

What are the letter notes for the Between You & I 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 – Bm – Bb – A, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Between You & I?

The loop is D – Bm – Bb – A (I – vi – bVI – V) in D major, and the song ends on G – A – D.

What key is Between You & I in?

D major, at about 90 beats a minute in 12/8.

What does the left hand play in Between You & I?

Slow-dance heartbeat: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 (12/8), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Between You & I 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 one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.