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I Had One One Time: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Don Sampson & Harley Allen

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Left hand Push and landRight hand Skipping-stone chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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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 Had One One Time without reading music. The left hand plays push and land (root bass · 1 · 2& · 3 · 4) and the right hand skipping-stone chords.

I Had One One Time accompaniment in letter notes

The Am – Dm – G7 – C loop with push and land in the left hand and skipping-stone chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Am
RC4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4
LA2 A2 A2 A2
Bar 2
Dm
RF4+A4+D5 F4+A4+D5 F4+A4+D5
LD2 D2 D2 D2
Bar 3
G7
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5
LG2 G2 G2 G2
Bar 4
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 D4 E4 F4 G4 A4 B4 C5 D5
LC3 C3 C3 C3
Bar 5
Am
RC4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4
LA2 A2 A2 A2
Bar 6
Dm
RF4+A4+D5 F4+A4+D5 F4+A4+D5
LD2 D2 D2 D2
Bar 7
G7
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5
LG2 G2 G2 G2
Bar 8
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC3 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 Had One One Time

What are the letter notes for the I Had One One Time 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 Am – Dm – G7 – C, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in I Had One One Time?

The loop is Am – Dm – G7 – C (vi – ii – V7 – I) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.

What key is I Had One One Time in?

C major, at about 95 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in I Had One One Time?

Push and land: root bass · 1 · 2& · 3 · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is I Had One One Time 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.