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I Got A Sure Thing: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By William Bell

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Left hand Double-skip footstepsRight 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 Got A Sure Thing without reading music. The left hand plays double-skip footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3 · 4 · 4&) and the right hand steady chords.

I Got A Sure Thing accompaniment in letter notes

The Bm – A – D – Bm loop with double-skip footsteps in the left hand and steady chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Bm
RD4+F#4+B4 D4+F#4+B4 D4+F#4+B4 D4+F#4+B4
LB2 B3 B2 B2 B3 B2
Bar 2
A
RC#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4
LA2 A3 A2 A2 A3 A2
Bar 3
D
RF#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5
LD2 D3 D2 D2 D3 D2
Bar 4
Bm
RD4+F#4+B4 D4+F#4+B4 C#4 D4 E4 F#4 G4 A4 B4 C#5
LB2 B3 B2 B2 B3 B2
Bar 5
Bm
RD4+F#4+B4 D4+F#4+B4 D4+F#4+B4 D4+F#4+B4
LB2 B3 B2 B2 B3 B2
Bar 6
A
RC#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4
LA2 A3 A2 A2 A3 A2
Bar 7
D
RF#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5
LD2 D3 D2 D2 D3 D2
Bar 8
Bm
RD4+F#4+B4 D4+F#4+B4 D4+F#4+B4 D4+F#4+B4
LB2 B3 B2 B2 B3 B2

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 Sure Thing

What are the letter notes for the I Got A Sure Thing 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 Bm – A – D – Bm, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in I Got A Sure Thing?

The loop is Bm – A – D – Bm (vi – V – I – vi) in D major, and the song ends on G – A – D.

What key is I Got A Sure Thing in?

D major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in I Got A Sure Thing?

Double-skip footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3 · 4 · 4&, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is I Got A Sure Thing 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.