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I Should Have Known It: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
- G minor
- 4/4
- 150 BPM
- 2010
- 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 Have Known It without reading music. The left hand plays walking roots (root bass · quarters) and the right hand pop stabs.
I Should Have Known It accompaniment in letter notes
The Bb – C – Bb – C loop with walking roots 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 Should Have Known It
What are the letter notes for the I Should Have Known It 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 Bb – C – Bb – C, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in I Should Have Known It?
The loop is Bb – C – Bb – C (bIII – IV – bIII – IV) in G minor, and the song ends on Eb – F – Gm.
What key is I Should Have Known It in?
G minor, at about 150 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in I Should Have Known It?
Walking roots: root bass · quarters, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is I Should Have Known It 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.