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I Call Your Name: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By The Beatles

  • E major
  • 4/4
  • 110 BPM
  • 1963
  • Easy
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Left hand Bossa swayRight hand Gospel-clap 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 Call Your Name without reading music. The left hand plays bossa sway (root bass · bossa (1 · 2& · 3 · 4&)) and the right hand gospel-clap chords.

I Call Your Name accompaniment in letter notes

The E7 – C#7 – F#7 – A loop with bossa sway in the left hand and gospel-clap chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
E7
RG#4+D5+E5 G#4+D5+E5 A4+D5+E5 G#4+D5+E5
LE2 E2 E2 E2
Bar 2
C#7
RE#4+B4+C#5 E#4+B4+C#5 F#4+B4+C#5 E#4+B4+C#5
LC#3 C#3 C#3 C#3
Bar 3
F#7
RA#4+E5+F#5 A#4+E5+F#5 B4+E5+F#5 A#4+E5+F#5
LF#2 F#2 F#2 F#2
Bar 4
A
RC#4+G#4+A4 F#6 E6 D#6 C#6 B5 A5 G#5 F#5
LA2 A2 A2 A2
Bar 5
E7
RG#4+D5+E5 G#4+D5+E5 A4+D5+E5 G#4+D5+E5
LE2 E2 E2 E2
Bar 6
C#7
RE#4+B4+C#5 E#4+B4+C#5 F#4+B4+C#5 E#4+B4+C#5
LC#3 C#3 C#3 C#3
Bar 7
F#7
RA#4+E5+F#5 A#4+E5+F#5 B4+E5+F#5 A#4+E5+F#5
LF#2 F#2 F#2 F#2
Bar 8
A
RC#4+G#4+A4 C#4+G#4+A4 D4+G4+A4 C#4+G4+A4
LA2 A2 A2 A2

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 Call Your Name

What are the letter notes for the I Call Your Name 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 E7 – C#7 – F#7 – A, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in I Call Your Name?

The loop is E7 – C#7 – F#7 – A (I7 – VI7 – II7 – IV) in E major, and the song ends on E – A – E.

What key is I Call Your Name in?

E major, at about 110 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in I Call Your Name?

Bossa sway: root bass · bossa (1 · 2& · 3 · 4&), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is I Call Your Name 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.