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I Like It Like That: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Kris Kenner & Allen Toussaint

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Left hand Walking rootsRight hand Double-clap 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 Like It Like That without reading music. The left hand plays walking roots (root bass · quarters) and the right hand double-clap chords.

I Like It Like That accompaniment in letter notes

The Bb – F7 – Bb – F7 loop with walking roots in the left hand and double-clap chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Bb
RF4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5
LBb2 Bb2 Bb3 Bb3
Bar 2
F7
RC5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5
LF2 F2 F3 F3
Bar 3
Bb
RF4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5
LBb2 Bb2 Bb3 Bb3
Bar 4
F7
RC5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 Eb4 F4 G4 A4 Bb4 C5 D5 Eb5
LF2 F2 F3 F3
Bar 5
Bb
RF4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5
LBb2 Bb2 Bb3 Bb3
Bar 6
F7
RC5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5
LF2 F2 F3 F3
Bar 7
Bb
RF4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5
LBb2 Bb2 Bb3 Bb3
Bar 8
F7
RC5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5
LF2 F2 F3 F3

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 Like It Like That

What are the letter notes for the I Like It Like That 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 – F7 – Bb – F7, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in I Like It Like That?

The loop is Bb – F7 – Bb – F7 (I – V7 – I – V7) in Bb major, and the song ends on Bb – F7 – Bb.

What key is I Like It Like That in?

Bb major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in I Like It Like That?

Walking roots: root bass · quarters, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is I Like It Like That 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.