Piano chords · Old-time stride
If I Had You: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
- Bb major
- 2/2
- 120 BPM
- 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 You without reading music. The left hand plays boom-chick (boom-chick) and the right hand hopscotch chords.
The intro 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 Bb – Bb7 – Eb – Ebmaj7 – Ebm loop with boom-chick in the left hand and hopscotch 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 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 Bb – Bb7 – Eb – Ebmaj7 – Ebm, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in If I Had You?
The loop is Bb – Bb7 – Eb – Ebmaj7 – Ebm (I – I7 – IV – IVmaj7 – iv) in Bb major, and the song ends on Eb – F – Bb.
What key is If I Had You in?
Bb major, at about 120 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in If I Had You?
Boom-chick: boom-chick, 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?
Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 5 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.
Can I hear the real melody of If I Had You?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the intro of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.