Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
I Can Dream, Can’t I?: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
- Eb major
- 2/2
- 140 BPM
- 1937
- Medium
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 Can Dream, Can’t I? without reading music. The left hand plays open sky (open arpeggio 1-5-10) and the right hand hopscotch chords.
I Can Dream, Can’t I? accompaniment in letter notes
The Bb7 – Eb – Abm – Bb7 loop with open sky in the left hand and hopscotch chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.
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 Dream, Can’t I?
What are the letter notes for the I Can Dream, Can’t I? 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 Bb7 – Eb – Abm – Bb7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in I Can Dream, Can’t I??
The loop is Bb7 – Eb – Abm – Bb7 (V7 – I – iv – V7) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Eb.
What key is I Can Dream, Can’t I? in?
Eb major, at about 140 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in I Can Dream, Can’t I??
Open sky: open arpeggio 1-5-10, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is I Can Dream, Can’t I? 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.