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I Want The Good Times Back: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

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  • C minor
  • 4/4
  • 100 BPM
  • 2007
  • Easy
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Left hand Boom-chickRight hand Hopscotch bellsChords the loop the song repeats most

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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 The Good Times Back without reading music. The left hand plays boom-chick (boom-chick) and the right hand hopscotch bells.

I Want The Good Times Back accompaniment in letter notes

The D7 – Fm – G7 – C loop with boom-chick in the left hand and hopscotch bells in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
D7
RD5 F#4+A4 F#4+A4
LD3 F#3+A3 A2 F#3+A3
Bar 2
Fm
RF5 Ab4+C5 Ab4+C5
LF3 Ab3+C4 C3 Ab3+C4
Bar 3
G7
RG5 B4+D5 B4+D5
LG3 B3+D4 D3 B3+D4
Bar 4
C
RC5 E4+G4 G6 E6 C6 G5 F#5 F5 E5 Eb5
LC4 E4+G4 G3 E4+G4
Bar 5
D7
RD5 F#4+A4 F#4+A4
LD3 F#3+A3 A2 F#3+A3
Bar 6
Fm
RF5 Ab4+C5 Ab4+C5
LF3 Ab3+C4 C3 Ab3+C4
Bar 7
G7
RG5 B4+D5 B4+D5
LG3 B3+D4 D3 B3+D4
Bar 8
C
RC5 E4+G4 E4+G4
LC4 E4+G4 G3 E4+G4

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 The Good Times Back

What are the letter notes for the I Want The Good Times Back 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 D7 – Fm – G7 – C, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in I Want The Good Times Back?

The loop is D7 – Fm – G7 – C (II7 – iv – V7 – I) in C minor, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Cm.

What key is I Want The Good Times Back in?

C minor, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in I Want The Good Times Back?

Boom-chick: boom-chick, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is I Want The Good Times Back easy to play on piano?

Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 4 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.

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