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I Still Believe: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Frank Turner

  • C major
  • 2/2
  • 160 BPM
  • Medium
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Left hand Dawdling footstepsRight hand Hurrying chordsChords from the chord symbols in the score

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 Still Believe without reading music. The left hand plays dawdling footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 3& · 4) and the right hand hurrying chords.

The main tune of I Still Believe in letter notes

The real notes from a score, both hands, bar by bar. R is the right hand, L the left; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Am
RE4+C5 C5 G4 E4+C5 D5
LC2 C2 B1
Bar 2
Am
RA4+C5 C5 A4 A4+C5 C5 A4
LA1 E2
Bar 3
Am
RA4+C5 C5 A4 A4+C5 D5
LA2 E2 D2
Bar 4
C
RE4+C5 C5 G4 E4+C5 C5 G4
LC2 G1

I Still Believe accompaniment in letter notes

The Am – Am – Am – C loop with dawdling footsteps in the left hand and hurrying chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Am
RC4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4
LA2 A3 A2 A3
Bar 2
Am
RC4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4
LA2 A3 A2 A3
Bar 3
Am
RC4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4
LA2 A3 A2 A3
Bar 4
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 D4 E4 F4 G4 A4 B4 C5 D5
LC3 C4 C3 C4
Bar 5
Am
RC4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4
LA2 A3 A2 A3
Bar 6
Am
RC4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4
LA2 A3 A2 A3
Bar 7
Am
RC4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4
LA2 A3 A2 A3
Bar 8
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC3 C4 C3 C4

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 Still Believe

What are the letter notes for the I Still Believe 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 Am – Am – Am – C, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in I Still Believe?

The loop is Am – Am – Am – C (vi – I – vi – I) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.

What key is I Still Believe in?

C major, at about 160 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in I Still Believe?

Dawdling footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3& · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is I Still Believe 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.

Can I hear the real melody of I Still Believe?

Yes: "The part you know" plays the main tune of the song from a score, with both hands.

Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.