Piano chords · Rock drive
If I Had You: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Adam Lambert
- E minor
- 4/4
- 130 BPM
- Medium
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 Had You without reading music. The left hand plays heartbeat octaves (rocking octaves) and the right hand ticking clock.
The catchy part of If I Had 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 I Had You accompaniment in letter notes
The C – Em – Dsus4 – D – Bm loop with heartbeat octaves in the left hand and ticking clock 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.
Play next
The same left hand: Heartbeat octaves
Questions about If I Had You
What are the letter notes for the If I Had 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 C – Em – Dsus4 – D – Bm, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in If I Had You?
The loop is C – Em – Dsus4 – D – Bm (VI – i – VIIsus4 – VII – v) in E minor, and the song ends on C – D – Em.
What key is If I Had You in?
E minor, at about 130 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in If I Had You?
Heartbeat octaves: rocking octaves, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is If I Had You easy to play on piano?
It is a medium one: learn the 5 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.
Can I hear the real melody of If I Had You?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the catchy part of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.