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I Always Liked That Best: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Cyndi Thomson, Jennifer Kimball & others

  • Eb major
  • 4/4
  • 100 BPM
  • 1999
  • Easy
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Left hand Yo-yo bounceRight hand Steady chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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 I Always Liked That Best without reading music. The left hand plays yo-yo bounce (broken chord 8-5-8) and the right hand steady chords.

I Always Liked That Best accompaniment in letter notes

The Bb – Fm – Eb – Ab loop with yo-yo bounce in the left hand and steady chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Bb
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4
LBb3 F3 Bb3
Bar 2
Fm
RAb4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5+F5
LF3 C3 F3
Bar 3
Eb
RG4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5
LEb3 Bb2 Eb3
Bar 4
Ab
RC5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5 Ab4 C5 Eb5 Ab5 C6 Eb6 Ab6 C7
LAb3 Eb3 Ab3
Bar 5
Bb
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4
LBb3 F3 Bb3
Bar 6
Fm
RAb4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5+F5
LF3 C3 F3
Bar 7
Eb
RG4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5
LEb3 Bb2 Eb3
Bar 8
Ab
RC5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5
LAb3 Eb3 Ab3

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 Always Liked That Best

What are the letter notes for the I Always Liked That Best 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 – Fm – Eb – Ab, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in I Always Liked That Best?

The loop is Bb – Fm – Eb – Ab (V – ii – I – IV) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Eb.

What key is I Always Liked That Best in?

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

What does the left hand play in I Always Liked That Best?

Yo-yo bounce: broken chord 8-5-8, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is I Always Liked That Best 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.