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Give Me Love: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Ed Sheeran

  • C major
  • 6/8
  • 99 BPM
  • Medium
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Left hand Rowing-boat pulseThe right hand sings the tuneChords from the chord symbols in the score

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 Give Me Love without reading music. The left hand plays rowing-boat pulse (root bass · 6/8 8ths), and the right hand sings the tune.

The intro of Give Me Love in letter notes

The real notes from a score, both hands, bar by bar. R is the right hand, L the left; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
C
RE3+G3 C4 E3 G3 C4 E3 G3
LC3 C3+D3 E3
Bar 2
C
RE3+G3 C4 E3 G3 E3 E3+C4 E3+B3
LC3 C3 B2
Bar 3
Am
RE3+E4 A3+C4 E3 E3 A3+C4 G3 G3
LA2 A2 E2
Bar 4
F
RF3+A3+F4 A3+C4 A3 F3+A3+F4 C4 F3 A3
LF2 F2

Give Me Love accompaniment in letter notes

The C – C – Am – F loop with rowing-boat pulse in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
C
RC4+E4+G4
LC3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3
Bar 2
C
RC4+E4+G4
LC3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3
Bar 3
Am
RA3+C4+E4
LA2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2
Bar 4
F
RF4+A4+C5 F4 A4 C5 F5 A5 C6
LF2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2
Bar 5
C
RC4+E4+G4
LC3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3
Bar 6
C
RC4+E4+G4
LC3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3
Bar 7
Am
RA3+C4+E4
LA2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2
Bar 8
F
RF4+A4+C5
LF2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2

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 Give Me Love

What are the letter notes for the Give Me Love 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 C – C – Am – F, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Give Me Love?

The loop is C – C – Am – F (I – vi – IV – I) in C major, and the song ends on Am – F – C.

What key is Give Me Love in?

C major, at about 99 beats a minute in 6/8.

What does the left hand play in Give Me Love?

Rowing-boat pulse: root bass · 6/8 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Give Me Love 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.

Can I hear the real melody of Give Me Love?

Yes: "The part you know" plays the intro of the song from a score, with both hands.

Made from 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.