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Cheaper To Keep Her: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Johnnie Taylor

  • C major
  • 4/4
  • 110 BPM
  • 1972
  • Easy
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Left hand Pop heartbeatRight hand Pop stabsChords the loop the song repeats most

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 Cheaper To Keep Her without reading music. The left hand plays pop heartbeat (root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3)) and the right hand pop stabs.

Cheaper To Keep Her accompaniment in letter notes

The C7 – Db7 – C7 – Db7 loop with pop heartbeat in the left hand and pop stabs in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
C7
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC3 C3 C3
Bar 2
Db7
RF4+Ab4+Db5 F4+Ab4+Db5 F4+Ab4+Db5
LDb3 Db3 Db3
Bar 3
C7
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC3 C3 C3
Bar 4
Db7
RF4+Ab4+Db5 F4+Ab4+Db5 Ebb4 Fb4 F4 G4 Bbb4 Cb4 C5 Ebb5
LDb3 Db3 Db3
Bar 5
C7
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC3 C3 C3
Bar 6
Db7
RF4+Ab4+Db5 F4+Ab4+Db5 F4+Ab4+Db5
LDb3 Db3 Db3
Bar 7
C7
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC3 C3 C3
Bar 8
Db7
RF4+Ab4+Db5 F4+Ab4+Db5 F4+Ab4+Db5
LDb3 Db3 Db3

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.

Questions about Cheaper To Keep Her

What are the letter notes for the Cheaper To Keep Her 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 C7 – Db7 – C7 – Db7, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Cheaper To Keep Her?

The loop is C7 – Db7 – C7 – Db7 (I7 – bII7 – I7 – bII7) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.

What key is Cheaper To Keep Her in?

C major, at about 110 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Cheaper To Keep Her?

Pop heartbeat: root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Cheaper To Keep Her 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.