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I Think I Got You Beat: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Jeanine Tesori
- Db major
- 2/2
- 130 BPM
- 2008
- Medium
Play the full song with sheet music
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 Think I Got You Beat without reading music. The left hand plays groovy roots (root bass · syncopated 8ths) and the right hand steady chords.
I Think I Got You Beat accompaniment in letter notes
The Bbm – Ab – Gb7 – Db loop with groovy roots in the left hand and steady 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 Think I Got You Beat
What are the letter notes for the I Think I Got You Beat 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 Bbm – Ab – Gb7 – Db, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in I Think I Got You Beat?
The loop is Bbm – Ab – Gb7 – Db (vi – V – IV7 – I) in Db major, and the song ends on Gb – Ab – Db.
What key is I Think I Got You Beat in?
Db major, at about 130 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in I Think I Got You Beat?
Groovy roots: root bass · syncopated 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is I Think I Got You Beat 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.