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I Want To Break Free: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Queen
- E major
- 4/4
- 150 BPM
- IV–V–vi–V loop
- 1984
- 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 Want To Break Free without reading music. The left hand plays double-skip footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3 · 4 · 4&), and the right hand sings the tune.
I Want To Break Free accompaniment in letter notes
The A – B – C#m – B loop with double-skip footsteps in the left hand. 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 To Break Free
What are the letter notes for the I Want To Break Free 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 – B – C#m – B, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in I Want To Break Free?
The loop is A – B – C#m – B (IV – V – vi – V) in E major, and the song ends on A – B – E.
What key is I Want To Break Free in?
E major, at about 150 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in I Want To Break Free?
Double-skip footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3 · 4 · 4&, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is I Want To Break Free 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.