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I Need To Be In Love: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Carpenters

  • A major
  • 4/4
  • 85 BPM
  • 1976
  • Medium
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Left hand Bossa swayRight hand Double-skip 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 Need To Be In Love without reading music. The left hand plays bossa sway (root bass · bossa (1 · 2& · 3 · 4&)) and the right hand double-skip chords.

I Need To Be In Love accompaniment in letter notes

The A – G – A – D loop with bossa sway in the left hand and double-skip chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
A
RG#3+A3+C#4+E4 G#3+A3+C#4+E4 G#3+A3+C#4+E4 G#3+A3+C#4+E4 G#3+A3+C#4+E4 G#3+A3+C#4+E4
LA2 A2 A2 A2
Bar 2
G
RF#4+G4+B4+D5 F#4+G4+B4+D5 F#4+G4+B4+D5 F#4+G4+B4+D5 F#4+G4+B4+D5 F#4+G4+B4+D5
LG2 G2 G2 G2
Bar 3
A
RG#3+A3+C#4+E4 G#3+A3+C#4+E4 G#3+A3+C#4+E4 G#3+A3+C#4+E4 G#3+A3+C#4+E4 G#3+A3+C#4+E4
LA2 A2 A2 A2
Bar 4
D
RC#4+D4+F#4+A4 C#4+D4+F#4+A4 C#4+D4+F#4+A4 F#6 E6 D6 C#6 B5 A5 G#5 F#5
LD2 D2 D2 D2
Bar 5
A
RG#3+A3+C#4+E4 G#3+A3+C#4+E4 G#3+A3+C#4+E4 G#3+A3+C#4+E4 G#3+A3+C#4+E4 G#3+A3+C#4+E4
LA2 A2 A2 A2
Bar 6
G
RF#4+G4+B4+D5 F#4+G4+B4+D5 F#4+G4+B4+D5 F#4+G4+B4+D5 F#4+G4+B4+D5 F#4+G4+B4+D5
LG2 G2 G2 G2
Bar 7
A
RG#3+A3+C#4+E4 G#3+A3+C#4+E4 G#3+A3+C#4+E4 G#3+A3+C#4+E4 G#3+A3+C#4+E4 G#3+A3+C#4+E4
LA2 A2 A2 A2
Bar 8
D
RC#4+D4+F#4+A4 C#4+D4+F#4+A4 C#4+D4+F#4+A4 C#4+D4+F#4+A4 C#4+D4+F#4+A4 C#4+D4+F#4+A4
LD2 D2 D2 D2

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 Need To Be In Love

What are the letter notes for the I Need To Be In Love 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 A – G – A – D, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in I Need To Be In Love?

The loop is A – G – A – D (I – bVII – I – IV) in A major, and the song ends on Bm – D – A.

What key is I Need To Be In Love in?

A major, at about 85 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in I Need To Be In Love?

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 Need To Be In Love 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.