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Irresistible: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Fall Out Boy

  • D major
  • 4/4
  • 80 BPM
  • 2014
  • Medium
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Left hand Tick-tick-boom pulseRight hand Ticking clockChords 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 Irresistible without reading music. The left hand plays tick-tick-boom pulse (root bass · 8ths 1-2, 3-4) and the right hand ticking clock.

Irresistible accompaniment in letter notes

The B – D – A – E loop with tick-tick-boom pulse in the left hand and ticking clock in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
B
RB3 B3 B3 B3 B3 B3 B3 B3 B3 B3 B3 B3 B3 B3 B3 B3
LB2 B2 B3 B2 B2 B3
Bar 2
D
RD4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4
LD2 D2 D3 D2 D2 D3
Bar 3
A
RA3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3
LA2 A2 A3 A2 A2 A3
Bar 4
E
RE4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 D4 E4 F#4 G4 A4 B4 C#5 D5
LE2 E2 E3 E2 E2 E3
Bar 5
B
RB3 B3 B3 B3 B3 B3 B3 B3 B3 B3 B3 B3 B3 B3 B3 B3
LB2 B2 B3 B2 B2 B3
Bar 6
D
RD4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4
LD2 D2 D3 D2 D2 D3
Bar 7
A
RA3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3
LA2 A2 A3 A2 A2 A3
Bar 8
E
RE4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4
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 Irresistible

What are the letter notes for the Irresistible 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 B – D – A – E, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Irresistible?

The loop is B – D – A – E (VI5 – I5 – V5 – II5) in D major, and the song ends on G – A – D.

What key is Irresistible in?

D major, at about 80 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Irresistible?

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 Irresistible 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.