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I Love You: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Robert Wright
- C major
- 3/4
- 120 BPM
- 1944
- Tricky
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 Love You without reading music. The left hand plays serenade shimmer (bass + chords (3/4)), and the right hand sings the tune.
I Love You accompaniment in letter notes
The Dm – G7 – C – G loop with serenade shimmer 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 Love You
What are the letter notes for the 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 Dm – G7 – C – G, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in I Love You?
The loop is Dm – G7 – C – G (ii – V7 – I – V) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.
What key is I Love You in?
C major, at about 120 beats a minute in 3/4.
What does the left hand play in I Love You?
Serenade shimmer: bass + chords (3/4), a tricky pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is I Love You easy to play on piano?
It is a tricky one: learn the 4 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.
Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.