Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
If I Had Words: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by John Hodge
- G major
- 2/2
- 160 BPM
- 1978
- Easy
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 Words without reading music. The left hand plays take-off climb (broken chord 1-1-3-5) and the right hand hopscotch bells.
If I Had Words accompaniment in letter notes
The G – D – G – Em loop with take-off climb in the left hand and hopscotch bells 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 Had Words
What are the letter notes for the If I Had Words 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 G – D – G – Em, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in If I Had Words?
The loop is G – D – G – Em (I – V – I – vi) in G major, and the song ends on G – D7 – G.
What key is If I Had Words in?
G major, at about 160 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in If I Had Words?
Take-off climb: broken chord 1-1-3-5, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is If I Had Words easy to play on piano?
Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 4 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.
Made from 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.