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How’s It Going To Be: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

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Left hand Pausing footstepsRight hand Springy 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 How’s It Going To Be without reading music. The left hand plays pausing footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 3) and the right hand springy chords.

How’s It Going To Be accompaniment in letter notes

The Bb – F – C – Bb loop with pausing footsteps in the left hand and springy chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Bb
RF4+A4+C5 Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5
LBb2 Bb2 Bb3
Bar 2
F
RC5+E5+G5 F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5
LF2 F2 F3
Bar 3
C
RG4+B4+D5 C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5
LC3 C3 C4
Bar 4
Bb
RF4+A4+C5 Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 E4 F4 G4 A4 Bb4 C5 D5 E5
LBb2 Bb2 Bb3
Bar 5
Bb
RF4+A4+C5 Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5
LBb2 Bb2 Bb3
Bar 6
F
RC5+E5+G5 F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5
LF2 F2 F3
Bar 7
C
RG4+B4+D5 C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5
LC3 C3 C4
Bar 8
Bb
RF4+A4+C5 Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5
LBb2 Bb2 Bb3

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’s It Going To Be

What are the letter notes for the How’s It Going To Be 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 – F – C – Bb, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in How’s It Going To Be?

The loop is Bb – F – C – Bb (IV – I – V – IV) in F major, and the song ends on C – Bb – F.

What key is How’s It Going To Be in?

F major, at about 80 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in How’s It Going To Be?

Pausing footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is How’s It Going To Be 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.