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I Wish It Would Rain: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
- Bb major
- 4/4
- 80 BPM
- IV–I–IV–I loop
- 1967
- 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 It Would Rain without reading music. The left hand plays groovy roots (root bass · syncopated 8ths) and the right hand heartbeat chords.
I Wish It Would Rain accompaniment in letter notes
The Eb – Bb – Eb – Bb loop with groovy roots in the left hand and heartbeat 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 It Would Rain
What are the letter notes for the I Wish It Would 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 Eb – Bb – Eb – Bb, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in I Wish It Would Rain?
The loop is Eb – Bb – Eb – Bb (IV – I – IV – I) in Bb major, and the song ends on Bb – Eb – Bb.
What key is I Wish It Would Rain in?
Bb major, at about 80 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in I Wish It Would Rain?
Groovy roots: root bass · syncopated 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is I Wish It Would 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.