Piano chords · Bossa beach
I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near): easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Leiber And Stoller
- F minor
- 4/4
- 110 BPM
- 1962
- 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 Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near) without reading music. The left hand plays bossa sway (root bass · bossa (1 · 2& · 3 · 4&)), and the right hand sings the tune.
I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near) accompaniment in letter notes
The Db7 – C7 – Db7 – C7 loop with bossa sway in the left hand. 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 Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near)
What are the letter notes for the I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near) 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 Db7 – C7 – Db7 – C7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near)?
The loop is Db7 – C7 – Db7 – C7 (bVI7 – V7 – bVI7 – V7) in F minor, and the song ends on Db – Eb – Fm.
What key is I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near) in?
F minor, at about 110 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near)?
Bossa sway: root bass · bossa (1 · 2& · 3 · 4&), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near) 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.