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I Ain't The One: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Lynyrd Skynyrd

  • A major
  • 4/4
  • 100 BPM
  • 1973
  • Medium
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Left hand Power fifthsRight hand Shy 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 I Ain't The One without reading music. The left hand plays power fifths (lh power fifths) and the right hand shy chords.

I Ain't The One accompaniment in letter notes

The A – C – A – D loop with power fifths in the left hand and shy chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
A
RC#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4
LA2+E3 A3+E4 A3+E4
Bar 2
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC3+G3 C4+G4 C4+G4
Bar 3
A
RC#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4
LA2+E3 A3+E4 A3+E4
Bar 4
D
RF#4+A4+D5 A6 F#6 D6 A5 G#5 G5 F#5 F5
LD2+A2 D3+A3 D3+A3
Bar 5
A
RC#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4
LA2+E3 A3+E4 A3+E4
Bar 6
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC3+G3 C4+G4 C4+G4
Bar 7
A
RC#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4
LA2+E3 A3+E4 A3+E4
Bar 8
D
RF#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5
LD2+A2 D3+A3 D3+A3

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 The One

What are the letter notes for the I Ain't The One 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 A – C – A – D, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in I Ain't The One?

The loop is A – C – A – D (I – bIII – I – IV) in A major, and the song ends on A – G – A.

What key is I Ain't The One in?

A major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in I Ain't The One?

Power fifths: lh power fifths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is I Ain't The One 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.