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I Want To Write You A Song: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By One Direction

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Left hand Walking rootsRight hand Steady chordsChords 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 To Write You A Song without reading music. The left hand plays walking roots (root bass · quarters) and the right hand steady chords.

I Want To Write You A Song accompaniment in letter notes

The F – C – Dm – Bb loop with walking roots in the left hand and steady chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
F
RA4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5
LF2 F2 F3 F3
Bar 2
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC3 C3 C4 C4
Bar 3
Dm
RF4+A4+D5 F4+A4+D5 F4+A4+D5 F4+A4+D5
LD2 D2 D3 D3
Bar 4
Bb
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 E4 F4 G4 A4 Bb4 C5 D5 E5
LBb2 Bb2 Bb3 Bb3
Bar 5
F
RA4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5
LF2 F2 F3 F3
Bar 6
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC3 C3 C4 C4
Bar 7
Dm
RF4+A4+D5 F4+A4+D5 F4+A4+D5 F4+A4+D5
LD2 D2 D3 D3
Bar 8
Bb
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4
LBb2 Bb2 Bb3 Bb3

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 Write You A Song

What are the letter notes for the I Want To Write You A Song 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 – C – Dm – Bb, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in I Want To Write You A Song?

The loop is F – C – Dm – Bb (I – V – vi – IV) in F major, and the song ends on Bb – C – F.

What key is I Want To Write You A Song in?

F major, at about 150 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in I Want To Write You A Song?

Walking roots: root bass · quarters, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is I Want To Write You A Song 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 one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.