Piano chords · Rock drive
International Lover: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Prince
- C major
- 4/4
- 70 BPM
- 1982
- Tricky
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 International Lover without reading music. The left hand plays rock hop (root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3 · 4) and the right hand trotting-sleigh chords.
International Lover accompaniment in letter notes
The C – B7 – F – C loop with rock hop in the left hand and trotting-sleigh 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 International Lover
What are the letter notes for the International Lover 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 C – B7 – F – C, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in International Lover?
The loop is C – B7 – F – C (I – VII7 – IV – I) in C major, and the song ends on Dm – G7 – C.
What key is International Lover in?
C major, at about 70 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in International Lover?
Rock hop: root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3 · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is International Lover easy to play on piano?
It is a tricky 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.