Piano chords · Lullaby boat
I Won't Give Up: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Glee Cast
- A major
- 6/8
- 72 BPM
- IV–I–IV–I loop
- 2012
- 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 Won't Give Up without reading music. The left hand plays rowing-boat pulse (root bass · 6/8 8ths), and the right hand sings the tune.
I Won't Give Up accompaniment in letter notes
The D – A – D – A loop with rowing-boat pulse in the left hand. 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 Won't Give Up
What are the letter notes for the I Won't Give Up 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 D – A – D – A, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in I Won't Give Up?
The loop is D – A – D – A (IV – I – IV – I) in A major, and the song ends on D – E – A.
What key is I Won't Give Up in?
A major, at about 72 beats a minute in 6/8.
What does the left hand play in I Won't Give Up?
Rowing-boat pulse: root bass · 6/8 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is I Won't Give Up 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.