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I Wanna Dance With Somebody: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By George Merrill and Shannon Rubicam
- F major
- 4/4
- 130 BPM
- 1986
- Easy
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 Wanna Dance With Somebody without reading music. The left hand plays rush-and-step pulse (root bass · 1 · 1a · 2& · 4) and the right hand sprint-and-stop chords.
The main tune of I Wanna Dance With Somebody 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.
I Wanna Dance With Somebody accompaniment in letter notes
The F – Dm – F – C – F – Dm7 – F loop with rush-and-step pulse in the left hand and sprint-and-stop 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 Wanna Dance With Somebody
What are the letter notes for the I Wanna Dance With Somebody 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 F – Dm – F – C – F – Dm7 – F, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in I Wanna Dance With Somebody?
The loop is F – Dm – F – C – F – Dm7 – F (I – vi – I – V – I – vi7 – I) in F major, and the song ends on Bb – C7 – F.
What key is I Wanna Dance With Somebody in?
F major, at about 130 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in I Wanna Dance With Somebody?
Rush-and-step pulse: root bass · 1 · 1a · 2& · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is I Wanna Dance With Somebody easy to play on piano?
Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 7 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.
Can I hear the real melody of I Wanna Dance With Somebody?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the main tune 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.