Piano chords · Pop heartbeat
Can You Do This: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Aloe Blacc, Khalil Abdul-Rahman & others
- A minor
- 4/4
- 152 BPM
- 2013
- Easy
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 Can You Do This without reading music. The left hand plays tiptoe heartbeat (root bass · 1 · 2& · 3& · 4&) and the right hand pop stabs.
Can You Do This accompaniment in letter notes
The A7 – Am – D7 – C loop with tiptoe heartbeat in the left hand and pop stabs 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 Can You Do This
What are the letter notes for the Can You Do This 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 A7 – Am – D7 – C, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Can You Do This?
The loop is A7 – Am – D7 – C (I7 – i – IV7 – bIII) in A minor, and the song ends on F – G – Am.
What key is Can You Do This in?
A minor, at about 152 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Can You Do This?
Tiptoe heartbeat: root bass · 1 · 2& · 3& · 4&, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Can You Do This 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.