Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
If Ever I Would Leave You: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
- Bb major
- 4/4
- 135 BPM
- 1960
- 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 If Ever I Would Leave You without reading music. The left hand plays rolling waves (open arpeggio 1-5-10-5) and the right hand hopscotch chords.
The main tune of If Ever I Would Leave You 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.
If Ever I Would Leave You accompaniment in letter notes
The Cm7 – F7 – Bb – Eb7 – Dm7 – Dm7 – Gsus4 – G7 loop with rolling waves in the left hand and hopscotch 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 If Ever I Would Leave You
What are the letter notes for the If Ever I Would Leave You 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 Cm7 – F7 – Bb – Eb7 – Dm7 – Dm7 – Gsus4 – G7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in If Ever I Would Leave You?
The loop is Cm7 – F7 – Bb – Eb7 – Dm7 – Dm7 – Gsus4 – G7 (ii7 – V7 – I – IV7 – iii7 – VIsus4 – VI7 – ii7) in Bb major, and the song ends on Eb – F – Bb.
What key is If Ever I Would Leave You in?
Bb major, at about 135 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in If Ever I Would Leave You?
Rolling waves: open arpeggio 1-5-10-5, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is If Ever I Would Leave You easy to play on piano?
It is a medium one: learn the 8 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.
Can I hear the real melody of If Ever I Would Leave You?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the main tune 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.