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I Have A Dream: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Abba
- Bb major
- 4/4
- 124 BPM
- 1979
- 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 Have A Dream without reading music. The left hand plays little steps (broken chord 1-3-5-3) and the right hand deep-breath chords.
The intro of I Have A Dream 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.
I Have A Dream accompaniment in letter notes
The Bb – Bb – F7 – F7 – F7 loop with little steps in the left hand and deep-breath chords 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 Have A Dream
What are the letter notes for the I Have A Dream 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 Bb – Bb – F7 – F7 – F7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in I Have A Dream?
The loop is Bb – Bb – F7 – F7 – F7 (I – V7 – I – V7) in Bb major, and the song ends on Bb – F7 – Bb.
What key is I Have A Dream in?
Bb major, at about 124 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in I Have A Dream?
Little steps: broken chord 1-3-5-3, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is I Have A Dream 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 Have A Dream?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the intro of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.