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I Can See Clearly Now: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Johnny Nash
- D major
- 4/4
- 124 BPM
- IV–I–bVII–IV loop
- 1972
- Medium
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 See Clearly Now without reading music. The left hand plays hopscotch steps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 4) and the right hand gear-shift chords.
I Can See Clearly Now accompaniment in letter notes
The G – D – C – G loop with hopscotch steps in the left hand and gear-shift 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 See Clearly Now
What are the letter notes for the I Can See Clearly Now 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 G – D – C – G, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in I Can See Clearly Now?
The loop is G – D – C – G (IV – I – bVII – IV) in D major, and the song ends on C – G – D.
What key is I Can See Clearly Now in?
D major, at about 124 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in I Can See Clearly Now?
Hopscotch steps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is I Can See Clearly Now 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.