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I Touch Myself: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

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  • D minor
  • 4/4
  • 112 BPM
  • 1991
  • Medium
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Left hand Engine 8thsRight hand Marching 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 Touch Myself without reading music. The left hand plays engine 8ths (root bass · 8ths) and the right hand marching chords.

The catchy part of I Touch Myself 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
Bb → C → F
RBb3+D4+F4 F4 F4 G3+C4 A3+C4+E4
LBb2 C3 F3
Bar 2
F
RF4 F4 F4 A3+C4+F4
LE3 D3 C3 A2
Bar 3
Bb → C → F
RBb3+D4+E4 F4 F4 F4 E4+G4+C5 E4 A3+C4+F4
LBb2 C3 F3
Bar 4
F
RA3+C4+F4 A3+C4+F4 A3+C4+F4 Ab4 G4 F4
LE3 D3 C3 F2 G2

I Touch Myself accompaniment in letter notes

The Bb – C – F – F – Bb – C – F – F loop with engine 8ths in the left hand and marching chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Bb → C → F
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 C3 C3 C3 F2
Bar 2
F
RA4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5
LF2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2
Bar 3
Bb → C → F
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 C3 C3 C3 F2
Bar 4
F
RA4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 C7 A6 F6 C6 A5 Ab5 G5 Gb5
LF2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2
Bar 5
Bb → C → F
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 C3 C3 C3 F2
Bar 6
F
RA4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5
LF2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2
Bar 7
Bb → C → F
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 C3 C3 C3 F2
Bar 8
F
RA4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5
LF2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2

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 Touch Myself

What are the letter notes for the I Touch Myself 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 – F – F – Bb – C – F – F, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in I Touch Myself?

The loop is Bb – C – F – F – Bb – C – F – F (VI – VII – III – VI – VII – III – VI – VII) in D minor, and the song ends on G – A – D.

What key is I Touch Myself in?

D minor, at about 112 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in I Touch Myself?

Engine 8ths: root bass · 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is I Touch Myself easy to play on piano?

It is a medium one: learn the 8 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.

Can I hear the real melody of I Touch Myself?

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

Made from 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.