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I Want You To Know: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

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Left hand Heartbeat octavesRight hand Pumping chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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 You To Know without reading music. The left hand plays heartbeat octaves (rocking octaves) and the right hand pumping chords.

I Want You To Know accompaniment in letter notes

The Am – C – F – C loop with heartbeat octaves in the left hand and pumping chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Am
RE4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5
LA2 A3 A2 A3 A2 A3 A2 A3
Bar 2
C
RG4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5
LC3 C4 C3 C4 C3 C4 C3 C4
Bar 3
F
RC5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5
LF2 F3 F2 F3 F2 F3 F2 F3
Bar 4
C
RG4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 C7 G6 E6 C6 Ab5 G5 F#5 F5
LC3 C4 C3 C4 C3 C4 C3 C4
Bar 5
Am
RE4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5
LA2 A3 A2 A3 A2 A3 A2 A3
Bar 6
C
RG4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5
LC3 C4 C3 C4 C3 C4 C3 C4
Bar 7
F
RC5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5
LF2 F3 F2 F3 F2 F3 F2 F3
Bar 8
C
RG4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5
LC3 C4 C3 C4 C3 C4 C3 C4

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 You To Know

What are the letter notes for the I Want You To Know 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 Am – C – F – C, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in I Want You To Know?

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

What key is I Want You To Know in?

C major, at about 130 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in I Want You To Know?

Heartbeat octaves: rocking octaves, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is I Want You To Know 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.