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Don't Wanna Be The One: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Midnight Oil

  • F major
  • 4/4
  • 155 BPM
  • 1997
  • Medium
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Left hand Engine 8thsRight hand Ticking clockChords the loop the song repeats most

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 Don't Wanna Be The One without reading music. The left hand plays engine 8ths (root bass · 8ths) and the right hand ticking clock.

Don't Wanna Be The One accompaniment in letter notes

The F – Ab – Eb – Bb loop with engine 8ths in the left hand and ticking clock in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
F
RF4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4
LF2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2
Bar 2
Ab
RAb4 Ab4 Ab4 Ab4 Ab4 Ab4 Ab4
LAb2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2
Bar 3
Eb
REb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4
LEb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2
Bar 4
Bb
RBb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb6 F6 D6 Bb5 A5 Ab5 G5 Gb5
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 5
F
RF4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4
LF2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2
Bar 6
Ab
RAb4 Ab4 Ab4 Ab4 Ab4 Ab4 Ab4
LAb2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2
Bar 7
Eb
REb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4
LEb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2
Bar 8
Bb
RBb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2

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 Don't Wanna Be The One

What are the letter notes for the Don't Wanna Be The One 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 F – Ab – Eb – Bb, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Don't Wanna Be The One?

The loop is F – Ab – Eb – Bb (I5 – bIII – bVII – IV) in F major, and the song ends on Bb – C – F.

What key is Don't Wanna Be The One in?

F major, at about 155 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Don't Wanna Be The One?

Engine 8ths: root bass · 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Don't Wanna Be The One easy to play on piano?

It is a medium one: learn the 4 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.

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