I Don’t Care: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Peter Wentz, Patrick Stump & others

F# minor
4/4
128 BPM
2008
Medium

Tuning the piano…

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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 Don’t Care without reading music. The left hand plays chugging-train pulse (root bass · 1 · 1& · 2 · 2& · 3 · 3& · 4) and the right hand double-skip chords.

I Don’t Care accompaniment in letter notes

The F# – A – B – A loop with chugging-train pulse in the left hand and double-skip chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
F#RF#4+A#4+C#5 F#4+A#4+C#5 F#4+A#4+C#5 F#4+A#4+C#5 F#4+A#4+C#5 F#4+A#4+C#5
LF#2 F#2 F#2 F#2 F#2 F#2 F#2

Bar 2
ARA3+C#4+E4 A3+C#4+E4 A3+C#4+E4 A3+C#4+E4 A3+C#4+E4 A3+C#4+E4
LA2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2

Bar 3
BRB3+D#4+F#4 B3+D#4+F#4 B3+D#4+F#4 B3+D#4+F#4 B3+D#4+F#4 B3+D#4+F#4
LB2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2

Bar 4
ARA3+C#4+E4 A3+C#4+E4 A3+C#4+E4 E4 F#4 G#4 A4 B4 C#5 D5 E5
LA2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2

Bar 5
F#RF#4+A#4+C#5 F#4+A#4+C#5 F#4+A#4+C#5 F#4+A#4+C#5 F#4+A#4+C#5 F#4+A#4+C#5
LF#2 F#2 F#2 F#2 F#2 F#2 F#2

Bar 6
ARA3+C#4+E4 A3+C#4+E4 A3+C#4+E4 A3+C#4+E4 A3+C#4+E4 A3+C#4+E4
LA2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2

Bar 7
BRB3+D#4+F#4 B3+D#4+F#4 B3+D#4+F#4 B3+D#4+F#4 B3+D#4+F#4 B3+D#4+F#4
LB2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2

Bar 8
ARA3+C#4+E4 A3+C#4+E4 A3+C#4+E4 A3+C#4+E4 A3+C#4+E4 A3+C#4+E4
LA2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2

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: Chugging-train pulse

About this pattern

Questions about I Don’t Care

What are the letter notes for the I Don’t Care 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# – A – B – A, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in I Don’t Care?

The loop is F# – A – B – A (I5 – bIII5 – IV5 – bIII5) in F# minor, and the song ends on D – E – F#m.

What key is I Don’t Care in?

F# minor, at about 128 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in I Don’t Care?

Chugging-train pulse: root bass · 1 · 1& · 2 · 2& · 3 · 3& · 4, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is I Don’t Care 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.