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I Can Do Better: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Avril Lavigne

  • C major
  • 4/4
  • 160 BPM
  • 2007
  • Medium
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Left hand Engine 8thsRight hand Ticking clockChords 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 Can Do Better without reading music. The left hand plays engine 8ths (root bass · 8ths) and the right hand ticking clock.

I Can Do Better accompaniment in letter notes

The C – G – F – C loop with engine 8ths in the left hand and ticking clock in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
C
RC4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4
LC3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3
Bar 2
G
RG4 G4 G4 G4 G4 G4
LG2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2
Bar 3
F
RF4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4
LF2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2
Bar 4
C
RC4 C4 C4 C7 G6 E6 C6 Ab5 G5 F#5 F5
LC3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3
Bar 5
C
RC4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4
LC3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3
Bar 6
G
RG4 G4 G4 G4 G4 G4
LG2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2
Bar 7
F
RF4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4
LF2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2
Bar 8
C
RC4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4
LC3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3

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 Can Do Better

What are the letter notes for the I Can Do Better 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 C – G – F – C, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in I Can Do Better?

The loop is C – G – F – C (I5 – V5 – IV5 – I5) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.

What key is I Can Do Better in?

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

What does the left hand play in I Can Do Better?

Engine 8ths: root bass · 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is I Can Do Better 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.