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I Will Wait: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
- Db major
- 4/4
- 130 BPM
- 2012
- 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 Will Wait without reading music. The left hand plays walking roots (root bass · quarters) and the right hand ticking clock.
The repeating figure of I Will Wait 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 Wait accompaniment in letter notes
The Db – Db – Fm – Absus4 loop with walking roots in the left hand and ticking clock 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 Wait
What are the letter notes for the I Will Wait 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 Db – Db – Fm – Absus4, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in I Will Wait?
The loop is Db – Db – Fm – Absus4 (I – iii – Vsus4 – I) in Db major, and the song ends on Gb – Ab – Db.
What key is I Will Wait in?
Db major, at about 130 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in I Will Wait?
Walking roots: root bass · quarters, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is I Will Wait 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 Will Wait?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the repeating figure 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.