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I Can't Wait: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Yanni

  • C# minor
  • 2/2
  • 80 BPM
  • 2011
  • Easy
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Left hand Three-step climbThe right hand sings the tuneChords the loop the song repeats most

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 Wait without reading music. The left hand plays three-step climb (broken chord 1-5-8), and the right hand sings the tune.

I Can't Wait accompaniment in letter notes

The C#m – A – E – G#m loop with three-step climb in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
C#m
RC#4+E4+G#4
LC#3 G#3 C#4
Bar 2
A
RA3+C#4+E4
LA2 E3 A3
Bar 3
E
RE4+G#4+B4
LE2 B2 E3
Bar 4
G#m
RG#4+B4+D#5 G#4 B4 D#5 G#5 B5 D#6 G#6 B6
LG#2 D#3 G#3
Bar 5
C#m
RC#4+E4+G#4
LC#3 G#3 C#4
Bar 6
A
RA3+C#4+E4
LA2 E3 A3
Bar 7
E
RE4+G#4+B4
LE2 B2 E3
Bar 8
G#m
RG#4+B4+D#5
LG#2 D#3 G#3

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 Wait

What are the letter notes for the I Can't Wait 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 C#m – A – E – G#m, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in I Can't Wait?

The loop is C#m – A – E – G#m (i – bVI – bIII – v) in C# minor, and the song ends on A – B – C#m.

What key is I Can't Wait in?

C# minor, at about 80 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in I Can't Wait?

Three-step climb: broken chord 1-5-8, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is I Can't Wait 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.