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I Hope You Dance: piano accompaniment sheet music
By Lee Ann Womack with Sons of the Desert
- G minor
- 2/2
- 140 BPM
- 2000
- Medium
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I Hope You Dance written out as piano music: the IV – Vsus – V – vi loop in G minor for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays power fifths (lh power fifths) and the right hand wait-a-beat chords.
I Hope You Dance chord chart
The loop once round, bar by bar, in G minor. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.
| Bar | Chord | Numeral | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C | IV | C E G |
| 2 | Dsus4 | Vsus4 | D G A |
| 3 | D | V | D F# A |
| 4 | Em | vi | E G B |
What the sheet music shows
The grand staff: the right hand on the treble staff, the left hand on the bass staff, with the chord names above and a finger number on each note (1 is the thumb). It is the accompaniment: power fifths (lh power fifths) in the left hand and wait-a-beat chords in the right, over the C – Dsus4 – D – Em chords.
Press play and a cursor follows the music. Above it, Colours paints each note in its key’s colour and Note names writes its letter on its head.
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Questions about I Hope You Dance
Does the sheet music for I Hope You Dance have finger numbers?
Yes: every note of both hands has its finger number, 1 being the thumb. To read the notes alone, turn Fingers off above the music.
What chords are in I Hope You Dance?
The loop is C – Dsus4 – D – Em (IV – Vsus – V – vi) in G minor, and the song ends on Eb – F – Gm.
What key is I Hope You Dance in?
G minor, at about 140 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in I Hope You Dance?
Power fifths: lh power fifths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is I Hope You Dance 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 3 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.