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I Dreamed A Dream: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
- Eb major
- 4/4
- 75 BPM
- I–vi–I–IV loop
- 1980
- 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 Dreamed A Dream without reading music. The left hand plays power fifths (lh power fifths) and the right hand groovy chords.
I Dreamed A Dream accompaniment in letter notes
The Eb – Cm – Eb – Ab loop with power fifths in the left hand and groovy 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 Dreamed A Dream
What are the letter notes for the I Dreamed A Dream 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 Eb – Cm – Eb – Ab, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in I Dreamed A Dream?
The loop is Eb – Cm – Eb – Ab (I – vi – I – IV) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb7 – Eb.
What key is I Dreamed A Dream in?
Eb major, at about 75 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in I Dreamed A Dream?
Power fifths: lh power fifths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is I Dreamed A Dream 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 6 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.