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Is There Something I Should Know: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by John Taylor, Andy Taylor & others
- D major
- 4/4
- 126 BPM
- 1983
- Easy
Play the full song with sheet music
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 Is There Something I Should Know without reading music. The left hand plays run-up footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 4&) and the right hand knock-knock chords.
Is There Something I Should Know accompaniment in letter notes
The D – D7 – Dsus4 – D loop with run-up footsteps in the left hand and knock-knock 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 Is There Something I Should Know
What are the letter notes for the Is There Something I Should Know 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 D – D7 – Dsus4 – D, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Is There Something I Should Know?
The loop is D – D7 – Dsus4 – D (I5 – I7 – Isus – I) in D major, and the song ends on G – A – D.
What key is Is There Something I Should Know in?
D major, at about 126 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Is There Something I Should Know?
Run-up footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 4&, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Is There Something I Should Know easy to play on piano?
Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 4 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.
Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.