Piano chords · Rock drive
I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Aerosmith
- D major
- 4/4
- 68 BPM
- 1998
- Medium
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 Don’t Want To Miss A Thing without reading music. The left hand plays engine 8ths (root bass · 8ths) and the right hand steady chords.
The main tune of I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing 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 Don’t Want To Miss A Thing accompaniment in letter notes
The D – A – Em – G – A7 – D – F#m loop with engine 8ths in the left hand and steady chords 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 Don’t Want To Miss A Thing
What are the letter notes for the I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing 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 D – A – Em – G – A7 – D – F#m, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing?
The loop is D – A – Em – G – A7 – D – F#m (I – V – ii – IV – V7 – I – iii) in D major, and the song ends on G – A – D.
What key is I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing in?
D major, at about 68 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing?
Engine 8ths: root bass · 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing easy to play on piano?
It is a medium one: learn the 7 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.
Can I hear the real melody of I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the main tune 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.