Piano chords · Pop heartbeat
I Was Only Nineteen: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by John Schumann
- A major
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- V–IV–I–V loop
- 1983
- Medium
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 Was Only Nineteen without reading music. The left hand plays pop heartbeat (root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3)) and the right hand tap-and-nudge.
I Was Only Nineteen accompaniment in letter notes
The E – D – A – E loop with pop heartbeat in the left hand and tap-and-nudge 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 Was Only Nineteen
What are the letter notes for the I Was Only Nineteen 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 E – D – A – E, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in I Was Only Nineteen?
The loop is E – D – A – E (V – IV – I – V) in A major, and the song ends on A – G – A.
What key is I Was Only Nineteen in?
A major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in I Was Only Nineteen?
Pop heartbeat: root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is I Was Only Nineteen 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.