Piano chords · Lullaby boat
I Loved Her First: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Walt Aldridge & Elliot Park
- E major
- 6/8
- 69 BPM
- I–vi–IV–I loop
- 2006
- Medium
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 Loved Her First without reading music. The left hand plays rowing-boat pulse (root bass · 6/8 8ths) and the right hand rowing-boat chords.
I Loved Her First accompaniment in letter notes
The E – C#m – A – E loop with rowing-boat pulse in the left hand and rowing-boat 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 Loved Her First
What are the letter notes for the I Loved Her First 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 E – C#m – A – E, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in I Loved Her First?
The loop is E – C#m – A – E (I – vi – IV – I) in E major, and the song ends on C#m – A – E.
What key is I Loved Her First in?
E major, at about 69 beats a minute in 6/8.
What does the left hand play in I Loved Her First?
Rowing-boat pulse: root bass · 6/8 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is I Loved Her First easy to play on piano?
It is a medium 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.