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If I Ruled The World: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
- Eb major
- 2/2
- 160 BPM
- 1963
- 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 Ruled The World without reading music. The left hand plays hopscotch steps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 4) and the right hand hopscotch bells.
The catchy part of If I Ruled The World 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 Ruled The World accompaniment in letter notes
The Ebmaj7 – Eb7 – Dm7 – Dm7 loop with hopscotch steps 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 Ruled The World
What are the letter notes for the If I Ruled The World 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 Ebmaj7 – Eb7 – Dm7 – Dm7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in If I Ruled The World?
The loop is Ebmaj7 – Eb7 – Dm7 – Dm7 (Imaj7 – I7 – vii7 – Imaj7) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Eb.
What key is If I Ruled The World in?
Eb major, at about 160 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in If I Ruled The World?
Hopscotch steps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is If I Ruled The World 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.
Can I hear the real melody of If I Ruled The World?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the catchy part 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.