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I Forgot To Be Your Lover: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By William Bell

  • E minor
  • 2/2
  • 140 BPM
  • 1968
  • Easy
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Left hand Walking rootsRight hand Steady chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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 Forgot To Be Your Lover without reading music. The left hand plays walking roots (root bass · quarters) and the right hand steady chords.

I Forgot To Be Your Lover accompaniment in letter notes

The G – Am – Bm – Em loop with walking roots in the left hand and steady chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
G
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5
LG2 G2 G3 G3
Bar 2
Am
RC4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4
LA2 A2 A3 A3
Bar 3
Bm
RD4+F#4+B4 D4+F#4+B4 D4+F#4+B4 D4+F#4+B4
LB2 B2 B3 B3
Bar 4
Em
RG4+B4+E5 G4+B4+E5 C4 D4 E4 F#4 G4 A4 B4 C5
LE2 E2 E3 E3
Bar 5
G
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5
LG2 G2 G3 G3
Bar 6
Am
RC4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4
LA2 A2 A3 A3
Bar 7
Bm
RD4+F#4+B4 D4+F#4+B4 D4+F#4+B4 D4+F#4+B4
LB2 B2 B3 B3
Bar 8
Em
RG4+B4+E5 G4+B4+E5 G4+B4+E5 G4+B4+E5
LE2 E2 E3 E3

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 Forgot To Be Your Lover

What are the letter notes for the I Forgot To Be Your Lover 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 G – Am – Bm – Em, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in I Forgot To Be Your Lover?

The loop is G – Am – Bm – Em (bIII – iv – v – i) in E minor, and the song ends on C – D – Em.

What key is I Forgot To Be Your Lover in?

E minor, at about 140 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in I Forgot To Be Your Lover?

Walking roots: root bass · quarters, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is I Forgot To Be Your Lover easy to play on piano?

Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 4 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.

Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.