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I Can See: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by David Meece
- Eb major
- 4/4
- 108 BPM
- V–I–IV–I loop
- 1985
- 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 See without reading music. The left hand plays ocean swell (open arpeggio 1-5-8-10-12-10-8-5) and the right hand soft chords.
I Can See accompaniment in letter notes
The Bb – Eb – Ab – Eb loop with ocean swell in the left hand and soft 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
What are the letter notes for the I Can See 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 – Eb – Ab – Eb, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in I Can See?
The loop is Bb – Eb – Ab – Eb (V – I – IV – I) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Eb.
What key is I Can See in?
Eb major, at about 108 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in I Can See?
Ocean swell: open arpeggio 1-5-8-10-12-10-8-5, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is I Can See 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.