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I Will: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By The Beatles
- F major
- 4/4
- 102 BPM
- 1968
- Tricky
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 Will without reading music. The left hand plays big sweep (wide arpeggio 8-12-15-1-5-8) and the right hand double-clap chords.
The main tune of I Will 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 Will accompaniment in letter notes
The Bb – C7 – Dm – Dm7 – Bb – C7 – F – Dm loop with big sweep in the left hand and double-clap 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 Will
What are the letter notes for the I Will 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 Bb – C7 – Dm – Dm7 – Bb – C7 – F – Dm, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in I Will?
The loop is Bb – C7 – Dm – Dm7 – Bb – C7 – F – Dm (IV – V7 – vi – vi7 – IV – V7 – I – vi) in F major, and the song ends on Gm – C7 – F.
What key is I Will in?
F major, at about 102 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in I Will?
Big sweep: wide arpeggio 8-12-15-1-5-8, a tricky pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is I Will easy to play on piano?
It is a tricky one: learn the 8 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.
Can I hear the real melody of I Will?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the main tune of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from 6 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.