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I Remember: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Barbra Streisand

  • Ab major
  • 4/4
  • 100 BPM
  • Medium
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Left hand Rolling wavesRight hand Ticking clockChords 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 Remember without reading music. The left hand plays rolling waves (open arpeggio 1-5-10-5) and the right hand ticking clock.

I Remember accompaniment in letter notes

The Fm – Bbm – Ebsus4 – Ebm loop with rolling waves in the left hand and ticking clock in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Fm
RF4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4
LF2 C3 Ab3 C3
Bar 2
Bbm
RBb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3
LBb2 F3 Db4 F3
Bar 3
Ebsus4
REb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4
LEb2 Bb2 Ab3 Bb2
Bar 4
Ebm
REb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Gb4 Bb4 Eb5 Gb5 Bb5 Eb6 Gb6 Bb6
LEb2 Bb2 Gb3 Bb2
Bar 5
Fm
RF4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4
LF2 C3 Ab3 C3
Bar 6
Bbm
RBb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3
LBb2 F3 Db4 F3
Bar 7
Ebsus4
REb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4
LEb2 Bb2 Ab3 Bb2
Bar 8
Ebm
REb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4
LEb2 Bb2 Gb3 Bb2

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 Remember

What are the letter notes for the I Remember 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 Fm – Bbm – Ebsus4 – Ebm, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in I Remember?

The loop is Fm – Bbm – Ebsus4 – Ebm (vi – ii – Vsus – v) in Ab major, and the song ends on Db – Eb – Ab.

What key is I Remember in?

Ab major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in I Remember?

Rolling waves: open arpeggio 1-5-10-5, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is I Remember 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.