Piano chords · Pop heartbeat
Get It Right The First Time: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Billy Joel
- F major
- 4/4
- 108 BPM
- I–V7–IV–I loop
- 1977
- Medium
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 Get It Right The First Time without reading music. The left hand plays galloping heartbeat (root bass · 1 · 1a · 2 · 3 · 3a · 4), and the right hand sings the tune.
Get It Right The First Time accompaniment in letter notes
The F – C7 – Bb – F loop with galloping heartbeat 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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The same I–V7–IV–I loop
The same left hand: Galloping heartbeat
Questions about Get It Right The First Time
What are the letter notes for the Get It Right The First Time 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 – C7 – Bb – F, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Get It Right The First Time?
The loop is F – C7 – Bb – F (I – V7 – IV – I) in F major, and the song ends on Bb – C – F.
What key is Get It Right The First Time in?
F major, at about 108 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Get It Right The First Time?
Galloping heartbeat: root bass · 1 · 1a · 2 · 3 · 3a · 4, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Get It Right The First Time 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.