Piano chords · Pop heartbeat
If I Fell: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By The Beatles
- D major
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- 1964
- Easy
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 If I Fell without reading music. The left hand plays pop heartbeat (root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3)) and the right hand late-knock chords.
The main tune of If I Fell 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 I Fell accompaniment in letter notes
The D – Em – F#m – Em7 – Em – A7 loop with pop heartbeat in the left hand and late-knock 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 I Fell
What are the letter notes for the If I Fell 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 – Em – F#m – Em7 – Em – A7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in If I Fell?
The loop is D – Em – F#m – Em7 – Em – A7 (I – ii – iii – ii7 – ii – V7) in D major, and the song ends on D – Gm – D.
What key is If I Fell in?
D major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in If I Fell?
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 If I Fell easy to play on piano?
Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 6 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.
Can I hear the real melody of If I Fell?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the main tune of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from 3 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.