Piano chords · Lullaby boat
I Won’t Give Up: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Jason Mraz
- E major
- 6/8
- 75 BPM
- 2012
- Medium
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 cradle pulse (root bass · 1 · 2 · 2.3 (6/8)) and the right hand tug-of-war chords.
The catchy part of I Won’t Give Up in letter notes
The real notes from a score, both hands, bar by bar. R is the right hand, L the left; C4 is middle C.
I Won’t Give Up accompaniment in letter notes
The A – E – C#m – B loop with cradle pulse in the left hand and tug-of-war 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 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 A – E – C#m – B, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in I Won’t Give Up?
The loop is A – E – C#m – B (IV – I – vi – V) in E major, and the song ends on A – B – E.
What key is I Won’t Give Up in?
E major, at about 75 beats a minute in 6/8.
What does the left hand play in I Won’t Give Up?
Cradle pulse: root bass · 1 · 2 · 2.3 (6/8), an easy 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.
Can I hear the real melody of I Won’t Give Up?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the catchy part of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from 4 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.