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I Feel the Earth Move: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Carole King

  • C minor
  • 4/4
  • 120 BPM
  • 1970
  • Medium
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Left hand Engine 8thsRight hand Hopscotch chordsChords from the chord symbols in the score

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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 Feel the Earth Move without reading music. The left hand plays engine 8ths (root bass · 8ths) and the right hand hopscotch chords.

The intro of I Feel the Earth Move 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.

Bar 1
F
RG3+Bb3 F3+A3 Eb3+G3 F3+A3
LC2 C2 C3 C3 C2 C2 C3 C3
Bar 2
Cm7
RG3+Bb3 G3+Bb3
LC2 C2 C3 C3 C2 C2 C3 C3
Bar 3
Cm7 → F
RG3+Bb3 F3+A3 Eb3+G3 F3+A3
LC2 C2 C3 C3 C2 C2 C3 C3
Bar 4
Cm7
RG3+Bb3+Eb4 G3+Bb3+Eb4
LC2 C2 C3 C3 C2 C2 C3 C3

I Feel the Earth Move accompaniment in letter notes

The F – Cm7 – Cm7 – F – Cm7 loop with engine 8ths in the left hand and hopscotch chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
F
RA4+C5+F5 A4+C5 A4+C5
LF2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2
Bar 2
Cm7
REb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4 Eb4+G4
LC3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3
Bar 3
Cm7 → F
REb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4 A4+C5
LC3 C3 C3 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2
Bar 4
Cm7
REb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4 G6 Eb6 C6 Bb5 A5 Ab5 G5 F#5
LC3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3
Bar 5
F
RA4+C5+F5 A4+C5 A4+C5
LF2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2
Bar 6
Cm7
REb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4 Eb4+G4
LC3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3
Bar 7
Cm7 → F
REb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4 A4+C5
LC3 C3 C3 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2
Bar 8
Cm7
REb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4 Eb4+G4
LC3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3

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 Feel the Earth Move

What are the letter notes for the I Feel the Earth Move 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 – Cm7 – Cm7 – F – Cm7, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in I Feel the Earth Move?

The loop is F – Cm7 – Cm7 – F – Cm7 (IV – i7 – IV – i7 – IV) in C minor, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Cm.

What key is I Feel the Earth Move in?

C minor, at about 120 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in I Feel the Earth Move?

Engine 8ths: root bass · 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is I Feel the Earth Move easy to play on piano?

It is a medium one: learn the 5 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.

Can I hear the real melody of I Feel the Earth Move?

Yes: "The part you know" plays the intro 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.