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If I Had Eyes: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Jack Johnson

  • D major
  • 4/4
  • 100 BPM
  • Medium
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Left hand Pop heartbeatRight 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 Had Eyes without reading music. The left hand plays pop heartbeat (root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3)) and the right hand pumping chords.

If I Had Eyes accompaniment in letter notes

The D – A – G – Em loop with pop heartbeat in the left hand and pumping chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
D
RA4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5
LD2 D2 D2
Bar 2
A
RE4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5
LA2 A2 A2
Bar 3
G
RD5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5
LG2 G2 G2
Bar 4
Em
RB4+E5+G5 B4+E5+G5 B4+E5+G5 B4+E5+G5 C#4 D4 E4 F#4 G4 A4 B4 C#5
LE2 E2 E2
Bar 5
D
RA4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5
LD2 D2 D2
Bar 6
A
RE4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5
LA2 A2 A2
Bar 7
G
RD5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5
LG2 G2 G2
Bar 8
Em
RB4+E5+G5 B4+E5+G5 B4+E5+G5 B4+E5+G5 B4+E5+G5 B4+E5+G5 B4+E5+G5 B4+E5+G5
LE2 E2 E2

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 Had Eyes

What are the letter notes for the If I Had Eyes 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 – G – Em, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in If I Had Eyes?

The loop is D – A – G – Em (I – V – IV – ii) in D major, and the song ends on G – A – D.

What key is If I Had Eyes in?

D major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in If I Had Eyes?

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 Had Eyes 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.