Piano chords · Pop heartbeat
I Should Have Cheated: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Keyshia Cole
- D minor
- 2/2
- 130 BPM
- i–iv–v–i loop
- 2005
- Medium
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 Have Cheated without reading music. The left hand plays pop heartbeat (root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3)) and the right hand ticking clock.
I Should Have Cheated accompaniment in letter notes
The Dm – Gm – Am – Dm loop with pop heartbeat in the left hand and ticking clock 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 Have Cheated
What are the letter notes for the I Should Have Cheated 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 Dm – Gm – Am – Dm, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in I Should Have Cheated?
The loop is Dm – Gm – Am – Dm (i – iv – v – i) in D minor, and the song ends on Bb – C – Dm.
What key is I Should Have Cheated in?
D minor, at about 130 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in I Should Have Cheated?
Pop heartbeat: root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is I Should Have Cheated 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.