Calling All My Lovelies: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence & others

C# minor
4/4
80 BPM
i–iv–i–iv loop
2016
Easy

Tuning the piano…

Learn it

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 Calling All My Lovelies without reading music. The left hand plays push and land (root bass · 1 · 2& · 3 · 4) and the right hand steady chords.

Calling All My Lovelies accompaniment in letter notes

The C#m – F#m – C#m – F#m loop with push and land in the left hand and steady chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
C#mRE4+G#4+C#5 E4+G#4+C#5 E4+G#4+C#5 E4+G#4+C#5
LC#3 C#3 C#3 C#3

Bar 2
F#mRA4+C#5+F#5 A4+C#5+F#5 A4+C#5+F#5 A4+C#5+F#5
LF#2 F#2 F#2 F#2

Bar 3
C#mRE4+G#4+C#5 E4+G#4+C#5 E4+G#4+C#5 E4+G#4+C#5
LC#3 C#3 C#3 C#3

Bar 4
F#mRA4+C#5+F#5 A4+C#5+F#5 D#4 E4 F#4 G#4 A4 B4 C#5 D#5
LF#2 F#2 F#2 F#2

Bar 5
C#mRE4+G#4+C#5 E4+G#4+C#5 E4+G#4+C#5 E4+G#4+C#5
LC#3 C#3 C#3 C#3

Bar 6
F#mRA4+C#5+F#5 A4+C#5+F#5 A4+C#5+F#5 A4+C#5+F#5
LF#2 F#2 F#2 F#2

Bar 7
C#mRE4+G#4+C#5 E4+G#4+C#5 E4+G#4+C#5 E4+G#4+C#5
LC#3 C#3 C#3 C#3

Bar 8
F#mRA4+C#5+F#5 A4+C#5+F#5 A4+C#5+F#5 A4+C#5+F#5
LF#2 F#2 F#2 F#2

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.

Play next

The same i–iv–i–iv loop

About this progression

The same left hand: Push and land

About this pattern

Questions about Calling All My Lovelies

What are the letter notes for the Calling All My Lovelies 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#m – F#m – C#m – F#m, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Calling All My Lovelies?

The loop is C#m – F#m – C#m – F#m (i – iv – i – iv) in C# minor, and the song ends on A – B – C#m.

What key is Calling All My Lovelies in?

C# minor, at about 80 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Calling All My Lovelies?

Push and land: root bass · 1 · 2& · 3 · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Calling All My Lovelies 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.