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I Dismiss You: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Claude-Michel Schonberg

  • D minor
  • 6/8
  • 120 BPM
  • Medium
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Left hand Rowing-boat pulseThe right hand sings the tuneChords the loop the song repeats most

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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 Dismiss You without reading music. The left hand plays rowing-boat pulse (root bass · 6/8 8ths), and the right hand sings the tune.

I Dismiss You accompaniment in letter notes

The Dm – A7 – Gm – Dm loop with rowing-boat pulse in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Dm
RD4+F4+A4
LD2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2
Bar 2
A7
RA3+C#4+E4
LA2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2
Bar 3
Gm
RG4+Bb4+D5
LG2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2
Bar 4
Dm
RD4+F4+A4 F4 A4 D5 F5 A5 D6
LD2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2
Bar 5
Dm
RD4+F4+A4
LD2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2
Bar 6
A7
RA3+C#4+E4
LA2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2
Bar 7
Gm
RG4+Bb4+D5
LG2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2
Bar 8
Dm
RD4+F4+A4
LD2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2

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 Dismiss You

What are the letter notes for the I Dismiss You 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 Dm – A7 – Gm – Dm, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in I Dismiss You?

The loop is Dm – A7 – Gm – Dm (i – V7 – iv – i) in D minor, and the song ends on Bb – C – Dm.

What key is I Dismiss You in?

D minor, at about 120 beats a minute in 6/8.

What does the left hand play in I Dismiss You?

Rowing-boat pulse: root bass · 6/8 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is I Dismiss You 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.