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How Do I Live: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Diane Warren
- D major
- 4/4
- 64 BPM
- 1997
- 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 How Do I Live without reading music. The left hand plays lazy footsteps (root bass · 1 · 3 · 4) and the right hand push chords.
How Do I Live accompaniment in letter notes
The D – A – G – F#m loop with lazy footsteps in the left hand and push 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 Do I Live
What are the letter notes for the How Do I Live 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 D – A – G – F#m, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in How Do I Live?
The loop is D – A – G – F#m (I – V – IV – iii) in D major, and the song ends on G – A – D.
What key is How Do I Live in?
D major, at about 64 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in How Do I Live?
Lazy footsteps: root bass · 1 · 3 · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is How Do I Live 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.