Super Simple Chords

Piano chords · Bossa beach

I Look To You: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Robert Kelly

  • E major
  • 2/2
  • 100 BPM
  • 2009
  • Easy
Tuning the piano…
Learn it
Style

Left hand Bossa swayRight hand Soft chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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 Look To You without reading music. The left hand plays bossa sway (root bass · bossa (1 · 2& · 3 · 4&)) and the right hand soft chords.

I Look To You accompaniment in letter notes

The C#m – E – F#m – E loop with bossa sway in the left hand and soft chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
C#m
RG#4+B4+C#5+E5 G#4+B4+C#5+E5 G#4+B4+C#5+E5
LC#3 C#3 C#3 C#3
Bar 2
E
RB4+D#5+E5+G#5 B4+D#5+E5+G#5 B4+D#5+E5+G#5
LE2 E2 E2 E2
Bar 3
F#m
RC#5+E5+F#5+A5 C#5+E5+F#5+A5 C#5+E5+F#5+A5
LF#2 F#2 F#2 F#2
Bar 4
E
RB4+D#5+E5+G#5 F#6 E6 D#6 C#6 B5 A5 G#5 F#5
LE2 E2 E2 E2
Bar 5
C#m
RG#4+B4+C#5+E5 G#4+B4+C#5+E5 G#4+B4+C#5+E5
LC#3 C#3 C#3 C#3
Bar 6
E
RB4+D#5+E5+G#5 B4+D#5+E5+G#5 B4+D#5+E5+G#5
LE2 E2 E2 E2
Bar 7
F#m
RC#5+E5+F#5+A5 C#5+E5+F#5+A5 C#5+E5+F#5+A5
LF#2 F#2 F#2 F#2
Bar 8
E
RB4+D#5+E5+G#5 B4+D#5+E5+G#5 B4+D#5+E5+G#5
LE2 E2 E2 E2

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.

Play next

Questions about I Look To You

What are the letter notes for the I Look To 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 C#m – E – F#m – E, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in I Look To You?

The loop is C#m – E – F#m – E (vi – I – ii – I) in E major, and the song ends on A – B – E.

What key is I Look To You in?

E major, at about 100 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in I Look To You?

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 Look To You 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.