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In A Real Love: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Phil Vassar & Craig Wiseman

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Left hand Tick-tick-boom pulseRight hand Steady chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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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 In A Real Love without reading music. The left hand plays tick-tick-boom pulse (root bass · 8ths 1-2, 3-4) and the right hand steady chords.

In A Real Love accompaniment in letter notes

The A – F#m – D – E loop with tick-tick-boom pulse in the left hand and steady chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
A
RC#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4
LA2 A2 A3 A2 A2 A3
Bar 2
F#m
RA4+C#5+F#5 A4+C#5+F#5 A4+C#5+F#5 A4+C#5+F#5
LF#2 F#2 F#3 F#2 F#2 F#3
Bar 3
D
RF#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5
LD2 D2 D3 D2 D2 D3
Bar 4
E
RG#4+B4+E5 G#4+B4+E5 D4 E4 F#4 G#4 A4 B4 C#5 D5
LE2 E2 E3 E2 E2 E3
Bar 5
A
RC#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4
LA2 A2 A3 A2 A2 A3
Bar 6
F#m
RA4+C#5+F#5 A4+C#5+F#5 A4+C#5+F#5 A4+C#5+F#5
LF#2 F#2 F#3 F#2 F#2 F#3
Bar 7
D
RF#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5
LD2 D2 D3 D2 D2 D3
Bar 8
E
RG#4+B4+E5 G#4+B4+E5 G#4+B4+E5 G#4+B4+E5
LE2 E2 E3 E2 E2 E3

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 In A Real Love

What are the letter notes for the In A Real Love 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 A – F#m – D – E, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in In A Real Love?

The loop is A – F#m – D – E (I – vi – IV – V) in A major, and the song ends on Bm – E – A.

What key is In A Real Love in?

A major, at about 92 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in In A Real Love?

Tick-tick-boom pulse: root bass · 8ths 1-2, 3-4, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is In A Real Love 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.