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Call Me: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Tony Hatch

  • C major
  • 4/4
  • 100 BPM
  • 1965
  • Medium
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Left hand Rolling wavesRight hand Heartbeat chordsChords 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 Call Me without reading music. The left hand plays rolling waves (open arpeggio 1-5-10-5) and the right hand heartbeat chords.

Call Me accompaniment in letter notes

The C – Dbsus4 – Am – Ab loop with rolling waves in the left hand and heartbeat chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
C
RG4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5
LC3 G3 E4 G3
Bar 2
Dbsus4
RAb4+Db5+Gb5 Ab4+Db5+Gb5 Ab4+Db5+Gb5
LDb3 Ab3 Gb4 Ab3
Bar 3
Am
RE4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5
LA2 E3 C4 E3
Bar 4
Ab
REb5+Ab5+C6 Eb5+Ab5+C6 Ab4 C5 Eb5 Ab5 C6 Eb6 Ab6 C7
LAb2 Eb3 C4 Eb3
Bar 5
C
RG4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5
LC3 G3 E4 G3
Bar 6
Dbsus4
RAb4+Db5+Gb5 Ab4+Db5+Gb5 Ab4+Db5+Gb5
LDb3 Ab3 Gb4 Ab3
Bar 7
Am
RE4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5
LA2 E3 C4 E3
Bar 8
Ab
REb5+Ab5+C6 Eb5+Ab5+C6 Eb5+Ab5+C6
LAb2 Eb3 C4 Eb3

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 Me

What are the letter notes for the Call Me 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 C – Dbsus4 – Am – Ab, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Call Me?

The loop is C – Dbsus4 – Am – Ab (I – bIIsus – vi – bVI) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.

What key is Call Me in?

C major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Call Me?

Rolling waves: open arpeggio 1-5-10-5, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Call Me 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.