Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
I Wish We’d All Been Ready: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Larry Norman
- F major
- 4/4
- 84 BPM
- IV–V–IV–V loop
- 1969
- Easy
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 We’d All Been Ready without reading music. The left hand plays three-step climb (broken chord 1-5-8) and the right hand steady chords.
I Wish We’d All Been Ready accompaniment in letter notes
The Bb – C – Bb – C loop with three-step climb in the left hand and steady 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 We’d All Been Ready
What are the letter notes for the I Wish We’d All Been Ready 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 – C – Bb – C, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in I Wish We’d All Been Ready?
The loop is Bb – C – Bb – C (IV – V – IV – V) in F major, and the song ends on Bb – C – F.
What key is I Wish We’d All Been Ready in?
F major, at about 84 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in I Wish We’d All Been Ready?
Three-step climb: broken chord 1-5-8, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is I Wish We’d All Been Ready easy to play on piano?
Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 4 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.
Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.