Piano chords · Rock drive
I Can’t Stand The Rain: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Don Bryant, Ann Peebles & others
- Bb major
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- 1973
- Easy
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’t Stand The Rain without reading music. The left hand plays heartbeat octaves (rocking octaves), and the right hand sings the tune.
I Can’t Stand The Rain accompaniment in letter notes
The Bb – Ab – Bb – Db loop with heartbeat octaves in the left hand. 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.
Play next
The same left hand: Heartbeat octaves
Questions about I Can’t Stand The Rain
What are the letter notes for the I Can’t Stand The Rain 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 – Ab – Bb – Db, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in I Can’t Stand The Rain?
The loop is Bb – Ab – Bb – Db (I – bVII – I – bIII) in Bb major, and the song ends on Eb – F – Bb.
What key is I Can’t Stand The Rain in?
Bb major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in I Can’t Stand The Rain?
Heartbeat octaves: rocking octaves, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is I Can’t Stand The Rain easy to play on piano?
Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 4 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.
Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.