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Could I Leave You?: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Stephen Sondheim
- E major
- 3/4
- 80 BPM
- 1971
- 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 Leave You? without reading music. The left hand plays oom-pah-pah (waltz oom-pah-pah), and the right hand sings the tune.
Could I Leave You? accompaniment in letter notes
The B7 – A – Bsus4 – E loop with oom-pah-pah in the left hand. 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 Leave You?
What are the letter notes for the Could I Leave You? 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 B7 – A – Bsus4 – E, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Could I Leave You??
The loop is B7 – A – Bsus4 – E (V7 – IV – Vsus – I) in E major, and the song ends on A – B – E.
What key is Could I Leave You? in?
E major, at about 80 beats a minute in 3/4.
What does the left hand play in Could I Leave You??
Oom-pah-pah: waltz oom-pah-pah, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Could I Leave You? 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.