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If You Love Me (Hymne A L’amour): easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Olivia Newton-John

  • G major
  • 4/4
  • 75 BPM
  • 1949
  • Medium
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Left hand Power fifthsRight hand Steady chordsChords worked out from the notes of the famous part

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 You Love Me (Hymne A L’amour) without reading music. The left hand plays power fifths (lh power fifths) and the right hand steady chords.

The main tune of If You Love Me (Hymne A L’amour) 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.

Bar 1
G → B7
RB3 B3 B3 D#4 F#4 A4
LG2+D3+G3 D3+G3 F#2+D#3+A3 B3+D#4
Bar 2
Em → Em7
RB3+E4+G4 G3+B3+E4 D4
LE2 E3 D#3 D3
Bar 3
Am → Am7
RC4 C4 C4 E4 G4 B4
LA2+E3+A3 E3+A3 A2+E3+G3 C4+E4
Bar 4
D7
RC4+E4+A4 C4+E4+G4 C4+F#4 D4+F#4+B4 C5
LD2 D3 C3

If You Love Me (Hymne A L’amour) accompaniment in letter notes

The G – B7 – Em – Em7 – Am – Am7 – D7 loop with power fifths in the left hand and steady chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
G → B7
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 D#4+F#4+B4 D#4+F#4+B4
LG3+D4 G3+D4 B2+F#3 B2+F#3
Bar 2
Em → Em7
RG4+B4+E5 G4+B4+E5 G4+B4+E5 G4+B4+E5
LE3+B3 E3+B3 E2+B2 E2+B2
Bar 3
Am → Am7
RC4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4
LA3+E4 A3+E4 A2+E3 A2+E3
Bar 4
D7
RF#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#6 D6 C6 A5 F#5 F5 E5 Eb5
LD3+A3 D3+A3 D2+A2 D2+A2
Bar 5
G → B7
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 D#4+F#4+B4 D#4+F#4+B4
LG3+D4 G3+D4 B2+F#3 B2+F#3
Bar 6
Em → Em7
RG4+B4+E5 G4+B4+E5 G4+B4+E5 G4+B4+E5
LE3+B3 E3+B3 E2+B2 E2+B2
Bar 7
Am → Am7
RC4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4
LA3+E4 A3+E4 A2+E3 A2+E3
Bar 8
D7
RF#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5
LD3+A3 D3+A3 D2+A2 D2+A2

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 You Love Me (Hymne A L’amour)

What are the letter notes for the If You Love Me (Hymne A L’amour) 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 – B7 – Em – Em7 – Am – Am7 – D7, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in If You Love Me (Hymne A L’amour)?

The loop is G – B7 – Em – Em7 – Am – Am7 – D7 (I – III7 – vi – vi7 – ii – ii7 – V7) in G major, and the song ends on C – D – G.

What key is If You Love Me (Hymne A L’amour) in?

G major, at about 75 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in If You Love Me (Hymne A L’amour)?

Power fifths: lh power fifths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is If You Love Me (Hymne A L’amour) easy to play on piano?

It is a medium one: learn the 7 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.

Can I hear the real melody of If You Love Me (Hymne A L’amour)?

Yes: "The part you know" plays the main tune 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.