Piano chords · Bossa beach
How Can You Mend A Broken Heart: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Barry Gibb & Robin Gibb
- E major
- 4/4
- 72 BPM
- I–IV–I–IV loop
- 1971
- 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 How Can You Mend A Broken Heart without reading music. The left hand plays bossa sway (root bass · bossa (1 · 2& · 3 · 4&)) and the right hand steady chords.
How Can You Mend A Broken Heart accompaniment in letter notes
The E – A – E – A loop with bossa sway in the left hand and steady 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 How Can You Mend A Broken Heart
What are the letter notes for the How Can You Mend A Broken Heart 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 E – A – E – A, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in How Can You Mend A Broken Heart?
The loop is E – A – E – A (I – IV – I – IV) in E major, and the song ends on E – A – E.
What key is How Can You Mend A Broken Heart in?
E major, at about 72 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in How Can You Mend A Broken Heart?
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 How Can You Mend A Broken Heart 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.