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I Ain’t No Quitter: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Shania Twain & R.J. Lange

  • Eb major
  • 4/4
  • 160 BPM
  • 2004
  • Medium
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Left hand Little stepsRight hand Falling starsChords the loop the song repeats most

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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 I Ain’t No Quitter without reading music. The left hand plays little steps (broken chord 1-3-5-3) and the right hand falling stars.

I Ain’t No Quitter accompaniment in letter notes

The Eb – C – Eb – C loop with little steps in the left hand and falling stars in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Eb
RG5 Eb5 Bb4 G5 Eb5 Bb4 G5 Eb5
LEb2 G2 Bb2 G2
Bar 2
C
RE5 C5 G4 E5 C5 G4 E5 C5
LC3 E3 G3 E3
Bar 3
Eb
RG5 Eb5 Bb4 G5 Eb5 Bb4 G5 Eb5
LEb2 G2 Bb2 G2
Bar 4
C
RE5 C5 G4 E5 D5 C5 Bb4 C5 F5 E5 D5 E5
LC3 E3 G3 E3
Bar 5
Eb
RG5 Eb5 Bb4 G5 Eb5 Bb4 G5 Eb5
LEb2 G2 Bb2 G2
Bar 6
C
RE5 C5 G4 E5 C5 G4 E5 C5
LC3 E3 G3 E3
Bar 7
Eb
RG5 Eb5 Bb4 G5 Eb5 Bb4 G5 Eb5
LEb2 G2 Bb2 G2
Bar 8
C
RE5 C5 G4 E5 C5 G4 E5 C5
LC3 E3 G3 E3

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 I Ain’t No Quitter

What are the letter notes for the I Ain’t No Quitter 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 Eb – C – Eb – C, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in I Ain’t No Quitter?

The loop is Eb – C – Eb – C (I – VI – I – VI) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Eb.

What key is I Ain’t No Quitter in?

Eb major, at about 160 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in I Ain’t No Quitter?

Little steps: broken chord 1-3-5-3, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is I Ain’t No Quitter 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 one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.