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Hopelessly Devoted To You: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

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Left hand Swelling 6/8Right hand Rowing-boat chordsChords 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 Hopelessly Devoted To You without reading music. The left hand plays swelling 6/8 (open arpeggio 1-5-8-10-8-5 (6/8)) and the right hand rowing-boat chords.

Hopelessly Devoted To You accompaniment in letter notes

The Am – E – Am – E loop with swelling 6/8 in the left hand and rowing-boat chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Am
RA3+C4+E4 A3+C4+E4 A3+C4+E4 A3+C4+E4 A3+C4+E4 A3+C4+E4
LA2 E3 A3 C4 A3 E3
Bar 2
E
RE4+G#4+B4 E4+G#4+B4 E4+G#4+B4 E4+G#4+B4 E4+G#4+B4 E4+G#4+B4
LE2 B2 E3 G#3 E3 B2
Bar 3
Am
RA3+C4+E4 A3+C4+E4 A3+C4+E4 A3+C4+E4 A3+C4+E4 A3+C4+E4
LA2 E3 A3 C4 A3 E3
Bar 4
E
RE4+G#4+B4 E4+G#4+B4 E4+G#4+B4 E4 G#4 B4 E5 G#5 B5
LE2 B2 E3 G#3 E3 B2
Bar 5
Am
RA3+C4+E4 A3+C4+E4 A3+C4+E4 A3+C4+E4 A3+C4+E4 A3+C4+E4
LA2 E3 A3 C4 A3 E3
Bar 6
E
RE4+G#4+B4 E4+G#4+B4 E4+G#4+B4 E4+G#4+B4 E4+G#4+B4 E4+G#4+B4
LE2 B2 E3 G#3 E3 B2
Bar 7
Am
RA3+C4+E4 A3+C4+E4 A3+C4+E4 A3+C4+E4 A3+C4+E4 A3+C4+E4
LA2 E3 A3 C4 A3 E3
Bar 8
E
RE4+G#4+B4 E4+G#4+B4 E4+G#4+B4 E4+G#4+B4 E4+G#4+B4 E4+G#4+B4
LE2 B2 E3 G#3 E3 B2

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 Hopelessly Devoted To You

What are the letter notes for the Hopelessly Devoted To You 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 Am – E – Am – E, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Hopelessly Devoted To You?

The loop is Am – E – Am – E (iv – I – iv – I) in E major, and the song ends on A – B – E.

What key is Hopelessly Devoted To You in?

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

What does the left hand play in Hopelessly Devoted To You?

Swelling 6/8: open arpeggio 1-5-8-10-8-5 (6/8), a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Hopelessly Devoted To You 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.