Piano chords · Blues & boogie
I Just Called To Say I Love You: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
- C major
- 4/4
- 112 BPM
- 1984
- Easy
Play the full song with sheet music
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 Just Called To Say I Love You without reading music. The left hand plays jazz walk (walking bass) and the right hand sleep-in chords.
The bass riff of I Just Called To Say I Love You 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 Just Called To Say I Love You accompaniment in letter notes
The Dm7 – F – Am7 – Em – Em7 – Em – A7 – F loop with jazz walk in the left hand and sleep-in 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 Just Called To Say I Love You
What are the letter notes for the I Just Called To Say I Love You 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 Dm7 – F – Am7 – Em – Em7 – Em – A7 – F, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in I Just Called To Say I Love You?
The loop is Dm7 – F – Am7 – Em – Em7 – Em – A7 – F (ii7 – IV – vi7 – iii – iii7 – iii – VI7 – IV) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.
What key is I Just Called To Say I Love You in?
C major, at about 112 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in I Just Called To Say I Love You?
Jazz walk: walking bass, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is I Just Called To Say I Love You easy to play on piano?
Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 8 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.
Can I hear the real melody of I Just Called To Say I Love You?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the bass riff of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from 6 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.