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I Didn't Know What Time It Was: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
- G major
- 2/2
- 80 BPM
- 1939
- 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 Didn't Know What Time It Was without reading music. The left hand plays walking roots (root bass · quarters) and the right hand hopscotch bells.
The repeating figure of I Didn't Know What Time It Was in letter notes
The real notes from a score, both hands, bar by bar. R is the right hand, L the left; C4 is middle C.
I Didn't Know What Time It Was accompaniment in letter notes
The F#m7 – B7 – A – Am – Em – Bm loop with walking roots in the left hand and hopscotch bells 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 Didn't Know What Time It Was
What are the letter notes for the I Didn't Know What Time It Was 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 F#m7 – B7 – A – Am – Em – Bm, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in I Didn't Know What Time It Was?
The loop is F#m7 – B7 – A – Am – Em – Bm (vii7 – III7 – II – ii – vi – iii) in G major, and the song ends on C – D – G.
What key is I Didn't Know What Time It Was in?
G major, at about 80 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in I Didn't Know What Time It Was?
Walking roots: root bass · quarters, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is I Didn't Know What Time It Was easy to play on piano?
Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 6 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.
Can I hear the real melody of I Didn't Know What Time It Was?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the repeating figure of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from 4 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.