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If It’s Lovin’ That You Want: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Makeba Riddick, Jean Claude Olivier & others

  • F minor
  • 4/4
  • 95 BPM
  • 2005
  • Easy
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Left hand Pop heartbeatThe right hand sings the tuneChords the loop the song repeats most

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 It’s Lovin’ That You Want without reading music. The left hand plays pop heartbeat (root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3)), and the right hand sings the tune.

If It’s Lovin’ That You Want accompaniment in letter notes

The Fm – Gb – Fm – Gb loop with pop heartbeat in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Fm
RF4+Ab4+C5
LF2 F2 F2
Bar 2
Gb
RGb4+Bb4+Db5
LGb2 Gb2 Gb2
Bar 3
Fm
RF4+Ab4+C5
LF2 F2 F2
Bar 4
Gb
RGb4+Bb4+Db5 Eb4 F4 Abb4 Ab4 Bb4 C5 Db5 Eb5
LGb2 Gb2 Gb2
Bar 5
Fm
RF4+Ab4+C5
LF2 F2 F2
Bar 6
Gb
RGb4+Bb4+Db5
LGb2 Gb2 Gb2
Bar 7
Fm
RF4+Ab4+C5
LF2 F2 F2
Bar 8
Gb
RGb4+Bb4+Db5
LGb2 Gb2 Gb2

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.

Questions about If It’s Lovin’ That You Want

What are the letter notes for the If It’s Lovin’ That You Want 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 Fm – Gb – Fm – Gb, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in If It’s Lovin’ That You Want?

The loop is Fm – Gb – Fm – Gb (i – bII – i – bII) in F minor, and the song ends on Db – Eb – Fm.

What key is If It’s Lovin’ That You Want in?

F minor, at about 95 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in If It’s Lovin’ That You Want?

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 It’s Lovin’ That You Want 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 one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.