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I Want It All: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
- D major
- 4/4
- 120 BPM
- 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 Want It All without reading music. The left hand plays dawdling footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 3& · 4) and the right hand run-up chords.
The intro of I Want It All 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 Want It All accompaniment in letter notes
The A – Am – A – Bb – A – A7 – A – Bb loop with dawdling footsteps in the left hand and run-up 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 Want It All
What are the letter notes for the I Want It All 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 A – Am – A – Bb – A – A7 – A – Bb, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in I Want It All?
The loop is A – Am – A – Bb – A – A7 – A – Bb (V – v – V – bVI – V – V7 – V – bVI) in D major, and the song ends on G – A – D.
What key is I Want It All in?
D major, at about 120 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in I Want It All?
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 Want It All easy to play on piano?
Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 8 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.
Can I hear the real melody of I Want It All?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the intro 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.