Piano chords · Pop heartbeat
I Got A Name: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Jim Croce
- E major
- 2/2
- 80 BPM
- Medium
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 Got A Name without reading music. The left hand plays pop heartbeat (root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3)) and the right hand fairy lights.
I Got A Name accompaniment in letter notes
The C#m – F#7 – B – G#m loop with pop heartbeat in the left hand and fairy lights 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 Got A Name
What are the letter notes for the I Got A Name 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 C#m – F#7 – B – G#m, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in I Got A Name?
The loop is C#m – F#7 – B – G#m (vi – II7 – V – iii) in E major, and the song ends on A – B – E.
What key is I Got A Name in?
E major, at about 80 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in I Got A Name?
Pop heartbeat: root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is I Got A Name 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 one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.