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I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing: piano accompaniment sheet music

By Aerosmith

  • D major
  • 4/4
  • 68 BPM
  • 1998
  • Medium
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I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing written out as piano music: the I – V – ii – IV – V7 – I – iii loop in D major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays engine 8ths (root bass · 8ths) and the right hand steady chords.

I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing chord chart

The loop once round, bar by bar, in D major. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.

BarChordNumeralNotes
1DID F# A
1AVA C# E
2EmiiE G B
3GIVG B D
3A7V7A C# E G
4DID F# A
4F#miiiF# A C#

What the sheet music shows

The grand staff: the right hand on the treble staff, the left hand on the bass staff, with the chord names above and a finger number on each note (1 is the thumb). It is the accompaniment: engine 8ths (root bass · 8ths) in the left hand and steady chords in the right, over the D – A – Em – G – A7 – D – F#m chords.

Press play and a cursor follows the music. Above it, Colours paints each note in its key’s colour and Note names writes its letter on its head.

To see the real melody written out, play “The part you know”: the sheet music changes to it.

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Questions about I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing

Does the sheet music for I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing have finger numbers?

Yes: every note of both hands has its finger number, 1 being the thumb. To read the notes alone, turn Fingers off above the music.

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.