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If I Could Turn Back Time: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Cher

  • B major
  • 4/4
  • 108 BPM
  • 1989
  • Medium
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Left hand Engine 8thsRight hand Pumping 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 If I Could Turn Back Time without reading music. The left hand plays engine 8ths (root bass · 8ths) and the right hand pumping chords.

If I Could Turn Back Time accompaniment in letter notes

The F# – B – E – F# loop with engine 8ths in the left hand and pumping chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
F#
RC#5+F#5+A#5 C#5+F#5+A#5 C#5+F#5+A#5 C#5+F#5+A#5 C#5+F#5+A#5 C#5+F#5+A#5 C#5+F#5+A#5 C#5+F#5+A#5
LF#2 F#2 F#2 F#2 F#2 F#2 F#2 F#2
Bar 2
B
RF#4+B4+D#5 F#4+B4+D#5 F#4+B4+D#5 F#4+B4+D#5 F#4+B4+D#5 F#4+B4+D#5 F#4+B4+D#5 F#4+B4+D#5
LB2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
Bar 3
E
RB4+E5+G#5 B4+E5+G#5 B4+E5+G#5 B4+E5+G#5 B4+E5+G#5 B4+E5+G#5 B4+E5+G#5 B4+E5+G#5
LE2 E2 E2 E2 E2 E2 E2 E2
Bar 4
F#
RC#5+F#5+A#5 C#5+F#5+A#5 C#5+F#5+A#5 C#5+F#5+A#5 C#7 A#6 F#6 C#6 A#5 A5 G#5 G5
LF#2 F#2 F#2 F#2 F#2 F#2 F#2 F#2
Bar 5
F#
RC#5+F#5+A#5 C#5+F#5+A#5 C#5+F#5+A#5 C#5+F#5+A#5 C#5+F#5+A#5 C#5+F#5+A#5 C#5+F#5+A#5 C#5+F#5+A#5
LF#2 F#2 F#2 F#2 F#2 F#2 F#2 F#2
Bar 6
B
RF#4+B4+D#5 F#4+B4+D#5 F#4+B4+D#5 F#4+B4+D#5 F#4+B4+D#5 F#4+B4+D#5 F#4+B4+D#5 F#4+B4+D#5
LB2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
Bar 7
E
RB4+E5+G#5 B4+E5+G#5 B4+E5+G#5 B4+E5+G#5 B4+E5+G#5 B4+E5+G#5 B4+E5+G#5 B4+E5+G#5
LE2 E2 E2 E2 E2 E2 E2 E2
Bar 8
F#
RC#5+F#5+A#5 C#5+F#5+A#5 C#5+F#5+A#5 C#5+F#5+A#5 C#5+F#5+A#5 C#5+F#5+A#5 C#5+F#5+A#5 C#5+F#5+A#5
LF#2 F#2 F#2 F#2 F#2 F#2 F#2 F#2

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 I Could Turn Back Time

What are the letter notes for the If I Could Turn Back Time 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 F# – B – E – F#, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in If I Could Turn Back Time?

The loop is F# – B – E – F# (V5 – I5 – IV5 – V5) in B major, and the song ends on E – F# – B.

What key is If I Could Turn Back Time in?

B major, at about 108 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in If I Could Turn Back Time?

Engine 8ths: root bass · 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is If I Could Turn Back Time 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.