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I Wish I Were the Rain: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Kristyn Osborn & Marcus Hummon
- Ab major
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- 2002
- Medium
Play the full song with sheet music
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 Wish I Were the Rain without reading music. The left hand plays racing heartbeat (root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3 · 3& · 4 · 4&) and the right hand marching chords.
I Wish I Were the Rain accompaniment in letter notes
The Dbm – Ab – Eb – Bb7 loop with racing heartbeat in the left hand and marching 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 Wish I Were the Rain
What are the letter notes for the I Wish I Were the Rain 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 Dbm – Ab – Eb – Bb7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in I Wish I Were the Rain?
The loop is Dbm – Ab – Eb – Bb7 (iv – I – V – II7) in Ab major, and the song ends on Db – Eb – Ab.
What key is I Wish I Were the Rain in?
Ab major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in I Wish I Were the Rain?
Racing heartbeat: root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3 · 3& · 4 · 4&, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is I Wish I Were the Rain 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.