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I Should Be Sleeping: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Emerson Drive
- Eb major
- 2/2
- 120 BPM
- I–IV–ii–V loop
- 2002
- 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 Should Be Sleeping without reading music. The left hand plays pausing footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 3) and the right hand push chords.
I Should Be Sleeping accompaniment in letter notes
The Eb – Ab – Fm – Bb loop with pausing footsteps in the left hand and push 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 Should Be Sleeping
What are the letter notes for the I Should Be Sleeping 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 Eb – Ab – Fm – Bb, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in I Should Be Sleeping?
The loop is Eb – Ab – Fm – Bb (I – IV – ii – V) in Eb major, and the song ends on Fm – Bb – Eb.
What key is I Should Be Sleeping in?
Eb major, at about 120 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in I Should Be Sleeping?
Pausing footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is I Should Be Sleeping 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.