Piano chords · Bossa beach
Got To Be There: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
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- Bb major
- 4/4
- 88 BPM
- Easy
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 There without reading music. The left hand plays bossa sway (root bass · bossa (1 · 2& · 3 · 4&)) and the right hand gospel-clap chords.
Got To Be There accompaniment in letter notes
The Bb – Eb – Ab – Bb7 loop with bossa sway in the left hand and gospel-clap 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 There
What are the letter notes for the Got To Be There 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 Bb – Eb – Ab – Bb7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Got To Be There?
The loop is Bb – Eb – Ab – Bb7 (I – IV – bVII – I7) in Bb major, and the song ends on Bb – Eb – Bb.
What key is Got To Be There in?
Bb major, at about 88 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Got To Be There?
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 There 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.