Piano chords · Rock drive
I Can’t Do This: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Tiffany Arbuckle Lee & Matthew Bronleewe
- E minor
- 4/4
- 86 BPM
- 2005
- 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’t Do This without reading music. The left hand plays engine 8ths (root bass · 8ths) and the right hand wake-and-run chords.
I Can’t Do This accompaniment in letter notes
The E – Am – G – E loop with engine 8ths in the left hand and wake-and-run 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’t Do This
What are the letter notes for the I Can’t Do This 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 E – Am – G – E, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in I Can’t Do This?
The loop is E – Am – G – E (I5 – iv – bIII5 – I5) in E minor, and the song ends on C – D – Em.
What key is I Can’t Do This in?
E minor, at about 86 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in I Can’t Do This?
Engine 8ths: root bass · 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is I Can’t Do This 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.