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I Need To Know: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Frank Wildhorn
- C# minor
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- 1995
- Easy
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 Know without reading music. The left hand plays island pulse (root bass · tresillo 3-3-2) and the right hand pop stabs.
I Need To Know accompaniment in letter notes
The D# – F#m – C#m – D# loop with island pulse in the left hand and pop stabs 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 Need To Know
What are the letter notes for the I Need To Know 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 D# – F#m – C#m – D#, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in I Need To Know?
The loop is D# – F#m – C#m – D# (II – iv – i – II) in C# minor, and the song ends on A – B – C#m.
What key is I Need To Know in?
C# minor, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in I Need To Know?
Island pulse: root bass · tresillo 3-3-2, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is I Need To Know 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.