Piano chords · Pop heartbeat
I Want To Hold Your Hand: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By The Beatles
- G major
- 4/4
- 136 BPM
- 1963
- 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 Hold Your Hand without reading music. The left hand plays eager heartbeat (root bass · pop push 1 · 2 · 2& · 3& · 4) and the right hand deep-breath chords.
The main tune of I Want To Hold Your Hand 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 To Hold Your Hand accompaniment in letter notes
The G – D – Em – Bm loop with eager heartbeat in the left hand and deep-breath 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 To Hold Your Hand
What are the letter notes for the I Want To Hold Your Hand 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 G – D – Em – Bm, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in I Want To Hold Your Hand?
The loop is G – D – Em – Bm (I – V – vi – iii) in G major, and the song ends on D – C – G.
What key is I Want To Hold Your Hand in?
G major, at about 136 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in I Want To Hold Your Hand?
Eager heartbeat: root bass · pop push 1 · 2 · 2& · 3& · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is I Want To Hold Your Hand 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.
Can I hear the real melody of I Want To Hold Your Hand?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the main tune of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from 4 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.