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I’m Gonna Be: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Steven Curtis Chapman

  • Eb major
  • 4/4
  • 124 BPM
  • Medium
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Left hand Power fifthsRight hand Steady chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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’m Gonna Be without reading music. The left hand plays power fifths (lh power fifths) and the right hand steady chords.

I’m Gonna Be accompaniment in letter notes

The Eb – Ab – Bbsus4 – Eb 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
Eb
RG4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5
LEb3+Bb3 Eb3+Bb3 Eb2+Bb2 Eb2+Bb2
Bar 2
Ab
RC5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5
LAb3+Eb4 Ab3+Eb4 Ab2+Eb3 Ab2+Eb3
Bar 3
Bbsus4
REb4+F4+Bb4 Eb4+F4+Bb4 Eb4+F4+Bb4 Eb4+F4+Bb4
LBb3+F4 Bb3+F4 Bb2+F3 Bb2+F3
Bar 4
Eb
RG4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 Bb6 G6 Eb6 Bb5 G5 Gb5 F5 Fb5
LEb3+Bb3 Eb3+Bb3 Eb2+Bb2 Eb2+Bb2
Bar 5
Eb
RG4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5
LEb3+Bb3 Eb3+Bb3 Eb2+Bb2 Eb2+Bb2
Bar 6
Ab
RC5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5
LAb3+Eb4 Ab3+Eb4 Ab2+Eb3 Ab2+Eb3
Bar 7
Bbsus4
REb4+F4+Bb4 Eb4+F4+Bb4 Eb4+F4+Bb4 Eb4+F4+Bb4
LBb3+F4 Bb3+F4 Bb2+F3 Bb2+F3
Bar 8
Eb
RG4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5
LEb3+Bb3 Eb3+Bb3 Eb2+Bb2 Eb2+Bb2

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’m Gonna Be

What are the letter notes for the I’m Gonna Be 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 Eb – Ab – Bbsus4 – Eb, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in I’m Gonna Be?

The loop is Eb – Ab – Bbsus4 – Eb (I5 – IV5 – Vsus – I5) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Eb.

What key is I’m Gonna Be in?

Eb major, at about 124 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in I’m Gonna Be?

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

Is I’m Gonna Be easy to play on piano?

It is a medium one: learn the 4 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.

Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.