Piano chords · Pop heartbeat
Call It What You Want: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Taylor Swift & Jack Antonoff
- A major
- 2/2
- 160 BPM
- IV–I–V–IV loop
- 2017
- 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 Call It What You Want without reading music. The left hand plays hop-skip heartbeat (root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 3& · 4&) and the right hand ticking clock.
Call It What You Want accompaniment in letter notes
The D – A – E – D loop with hop-skip heartbeat in the left hand and ticking clock 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 Call It What You Want
What are the letter notes for the Call It What You Want 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 – E – D, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Call It What You Want?
The loop is D – A – E – D (IV – I – V – IV) in A major, and the song ends on D – E – A.
What key is Call It What You Want in?
A major, at about 160 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in Call It What You Want?
Hop-skip heartbeat: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 3& · 4&, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Call It What You Want 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.