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Everyday I Write The Book: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Elvis Costello

  • C# minor
  • 4/4
  • 108 BPM
  • 1983
  • Easy
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Left hand Freeze-tag footstepsThe 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 Everyday I Write The Book without reading music. The left hand plays freeze-tag footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 2&), and the right hand sings the tune.

Everyday I Write The Book accompaniment in letter notes

The G#m – A – B – E loop with freeze-tag footsteps in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
G#m
RG#4+B4+D#5
LG#2 G#2 G#2
Bar 2
A
RA3+C#4+E4
LA2 A2 A2
Bar 3
B
RB3+D#4+F#4
LB2 B2 B2
Bar 4
E
RE4+G#4+B4 C#4 D#4 E4 F#4 G#4 A4 B4 C#5
LE2 E2 E2
Bar 5
G#m
RG#4+B4+D#5
LG#2 G#2 G#2
Bar 6
A
RA3+C#4+E4
LA2 A2 A2
Bar 7
B
RB3+D#4+F#4
LB2 B2 B2
Bar 8
E
RE4+G#4+B4
LE2 E2 E2

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 Everyday I Write The Book

What are the letter notes for the Everyday I Write The Book 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 G#m – A – B – E, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Everyday I Write The Book?

The loop is G#m – A – B – E (v – bVI – bVII – bIII) in C# minor, and the song ends on A – B – C#m.

What key is Everyday I Write The Book in?

C# minor, at about 108 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Everyday I Write The Book?

Freeze-tag footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 2&, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Everyday I Write The Book 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.