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Can You Feel The Love Tonight: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Elton John

  • F major
  • 4/4
  • 75 BPM
  • 1994
  • Easy
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Left hand Giant stepsRight hand Steady chordsChords worked out from the notes of the famous part

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 Feel The Love Tonight without reading music. The left hand plays giant steps (lh chords) and the right hand steady chords.

The main tune of Can You Feel The Love Tonight in letter notes

The real notes from a score, both hands, bar by bar. R is the right hand, L the left; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Dm7 → C7
RF5 D5 D4 F4 C5 Bb4 G4
LD4 A4 C4 Bb3 A3 G3
Bar 2
F
RA4 C5 F5 Bb5 C6 Bb5 A5 G5 A5
LF3 C4 C4 E3 C4 F3 C4
Bar 3
C
RG5 G4 C5 F5 E5 D5 E5 C5 G4 E4
LC3 G3 D4 G3 C3 G3 C4
Bar 4
Bb → Am7
RC4+D4 D4 E4 F4 A3 Bb3 C4 Bb3 A3+C4 G3+C4
LBb2 F3 Bb3 F2 G2 A2 G2 F2 E2

Can You Feel The Love Tonight accompaniment in letter notes

The Dm7 – C7 – F – C – Bb – Am7 loop with giant steps in the left hand and steady chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Dm7 → C7
RF4+A4+D5 F4+A4+D5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LD2 A2+D3 A2+D3 C3 G3+C4 G3+C4
Bar 2
F
RA4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5
LF2 C3+F3 C3+F3 F2 C3+F3 C3+F3
Bar 3
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC3 G3+C4 G3+C4 C3 G3+C4 G3+C4
Bar 4
Bb → Am7
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 A6 G6 E6 C6 A5 G#5 G5 F#5
LBb2 F3+Bb3 F3+Bb3 A2 E3+A3 E3+A3
Bar 5
Dm7 → C7
RF4+A4+D5 F4+A4+D5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LD2 A2+D3 A2+D3 C3 G3+C4 G3+C4
Bar 6
F
RA4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5
LF2 C3+F3 C3+F3 F2 C3+F3 C3+F3
Bar 7
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC3 G3+C4 G3+C4 C3 G3+C4 G3+C4
Bar 8
Bb → Am7
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4
LBb2 F3+Bb3 F3+Bb3 A2 E3+A3 E3+A3

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 Feel The Love Tonight

What are the letter notes for the Can You Feel The Love Tonight 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 Dm7 – C7 – F – C – Bb – Am7, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Can You Feel The Love Tonight?

The loop is Dm7 – C7 – F – C – Bb – Am7 (vi7 – V7 – I – V – IV – iii7) in F major, and the song ends on Bb – C – F.

What key is Can You Feel The Love Tonight in?

F major, at about 75 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Can You Feel The Love Tonight?

Giant steps: lh chords, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Can You Feel The Love Tonight easy to play on piano?

Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 6 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.

Can I hear the real melody of Can You Feel The Love Tonight?

Yes: "The part you know" plays the main tune of the song from a score, with both hands.

Made from 8 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.