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I'll Take You There: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By David Bowie
- D major
- 4/4
- 128 BPM
- 2013
- 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 I'll Take You There without reading music. The left hand plays hop-skip heartbeat (root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 3& · 4&) and the right hand sprint-and-stop chords.
The intro of I'll Take You There 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.
I'll Take You There accompaniment in letter notes
The E7 – A – Asus4 – Bsus4 – Bm – G loop with hop-skip heartbeat in the left hand and sprint-and-stop 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 I'll Take You There
What are the letter notes for the I'll Take You There 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 E7 – A – Asus4 – Bsus4 – Bm – G, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in I'll Take You There?
The loop is E7 – A – Asus4 – Bsus4 – Bm – G (II7 – V – Vsus4 – VIsus4 – vi – IV) in D major, and the song ends on G – A – D.
What key is I'll Take You There in?
D major, at about 128 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in I'll Take You There?
Hop-skip heartbeat: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 3& · 4&, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is I'll Take You There easy to play on piano?
Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 6 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.
Can I hear the real melody of I'll Take You There?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the intro 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.