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I Never Knew His Name: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Mark Schoenfeld & Barri McPherson
- C major
- 3/4
- 100 BPM
- 1998
- Easy
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 Never Knew His Name without reading music. The left hand plays waltz climb (broken chord 1-3-5 (3/4)) and the right hand waltz chords.
I Never Knew His Name accompaniment in letter notes
The C – Bm – E7 – Am loop with waltz climb in the left hand and waltz 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 Never Knew His Name
What are the letter notes for the I Never Knew His Name 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 – Bm – E7 – Am, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in I Never Knew His Name?
The loop is C – Bm – E7 – Am (I – vii – III7 – vi) in C major, and the song ends on C – Fm – C.
What key is I Never Knew His Name in?
C major, at about 100 beats a minute in 3/4.
What does the left hand play in I Never Knew His Name?
Waltz climb: broken chord 1-3-5 (3/4), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is I Never Knew His Name 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.