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Could I Have This Dance: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Anne Murray
- A major
- 3/4
- 100 BPM
- V7–I–I7–IV loop
- 1980
- Easy
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 Could I Have This Dance without reading music. The left hand plays waltz climb (broken chord 1-3-5 (3/4)) and the right hand waltz bells.
Could I Have This Dance accompaniment in letter notes
The E7 – A – A7 – D loop with waltz climb in the left hand and waltz bells 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 Could I Have This Dance
What are the letter notes for the Could I Have This Dance 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 E7 – A – A7 – D, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Could I Have This Dance?
The loop is E7 – A – A7 – D (V7 – I – I7 – IV) in A major, and the song ends on Bm – E7 – A.
What key is Could I Have This Dance in?
A major, at about 100 beats a minute in 3/4.
What does the left hand play in Could I Have This Dance?
Waltz climb: broken chord 1-3-5 (3/4), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Could I Have This Dance 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 3 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.