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Don’t Worry About Me: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Frances

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Left hand Island pulseThe right hand sings the tuneChords 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 Worry About Me without reading music. The left hand plays island pulse (root bass · tresillo 3-3-2), and the right hand sings the tune.

Don’t Worry About Me accompaniment in letter notes

The Em – D – Em – D loop with island pulse in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Em
RE4+G4+B4
LE2 E2 E2
Bar 2
D
RD4+F#4+A4
LD2 D2 D2
Bar 3
Em
RE4+G4+B4
LE2 E2 E2
Bar 4
D
RD4+F#4+A4 D4 E4 F#4 G4 A4 B4 C#5 D5
LD2 D2 D2
Bar 5
Em
RE4+G4+B4
LE2 E2 E2
Bar 6
D
RD4+F#4+A4
LD2 D2 D2
Bar 7
Em
RE4+G4+B4
LE2 E2 E2
Bar 8
D
RD4+F#4+A4
LD2 D2 D2

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 Worry About Me

What are the letter notes for the Don’t Worry About Me 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 Em – D – Em – D, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Don’t Worry About Me?

The loop is Em – D – Em – D (ii – I – ii – I) in D major, and the song ends on D – Dsus4 – D.

What key is Don’t Worry About Me in?

D major, at about 72 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Don’t Worry About Me?

Island pulse: root bass · tresillo 3-3-2, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Don’t Worry About Me 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.