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I Wish You Would: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Eric Clapton

  • F major
  • 4/4
  • 120 BPM
  • Easy
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Left hand Pop heartbeatRight hand Freeze-tag chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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 You Would without reading music. The left hand plays pop heartbeat (root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3)) and the right hand freeze-tag chords.

I Wish You Would accompaniment in letter notes

The F7 – Eb – F7 – Eb loop with pop heartbeat in the left hand and freeze-tag chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
F7
RA4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5
LF2 F2 F2
Bar 2
Eb
RG4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5
LEb2 Eb2 Eb2
Bar 3
F7
RA4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5
LF2 F2 F2
Bar 4
Eb
RG4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 D4 Fb4 F4 G4 A4 Bb4 C5 D5
LEb2 Eb2 Eb2
Bar 5
F7
RA4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5
LF2 F2 F2
Bar 6
Eb
RG4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5
LEb2 Eb2 Eb2
Bar 7
F7
RA4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5
LF2 F2 F2
Bar 8
Eb
RG4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5
LEb2 Eb2 Eb2

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 You Would

What are the letter notes for the I Wish You Would 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 F7 – Eb – F7 – Eb, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in I Wish You Would?

The loop is F7 – Eb – F7 – Eb (I7 – bVII – I7 – bVII) in F major, and the song ends on Bb – C – F.

What key is I Wish You Would in?

F major, at about 120 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in I Wish You Would?

Pop heartbeat: root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is I Wish You Would 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.