Piano chords · Bossa beach
Got To Be Real: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
- Bb major
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- Easy
Play the full song with sheet music
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 Got To Be Real without reading music. The left hand plays bossa sway (root bass · bossa (1 · 2& · 3 · 4&)) and the right hand soft chords.
Got To Be Real accompaniment in letter notes
The Eb – D7 – F – Gm loop with bossa sway in the left hand and soft chords in the right. 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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Questions about Got To Be Real
What are the letter notes for the Got To Be Real 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 Eb – D7 – F – Gm, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Got To Be Real?
The loop is Eb – D7 – F – Gm (IV – III7 – V – vi) in Bb major, and the song ends on Eb – F – Bb.
What key is Got To Be Real in?
Bb major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Got To Be Real?
Bossa sway: root bass · bossa (1 · 2& · 3 · 4&), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Got To Be Real 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.