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It Had Better Be Tonight: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Michael Buble

  • D minor
  • 2/2
  • 140 BPM
  • Easy
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Left hand Little-hill climbRight hand Eager 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 It Had Better Be Tonight without reading music. The left hand plays little-hill climb (broken chord 1-3-5-1) and the right hand eager chords.

It Had Better Be Tonight accompaniment in letter notes

The C#dim – Dm – Edim – Dm loop with little-hill climb in the left hand and eager chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
C#dim
RG4+C#5+E5 G4+C#5+E5 G4+C#5+E5 G4+C#5+E5 G4+C#5+E5
LC#3 E3 G3 C#3
Bar 2
Dm
RA4+D5+F5 A4+D5+F5 A4+D5+F5 A4+D5+F5 A4+D5+F5
LD2 F2 A2 D2
Bar 3
Edim
RBb4+E5+G5 Bb4+E5+G5 Bb4+E5+G5 Bb4+E5+G5 Bb4+E5+G5
LE2 G2 Bb2 E2
Bar 4
Dm
RA4+D5+F5 A4+D5+F5 A4+D5+F5 F4 A4 D5 F5 A5 D6 F6 A6
LD2 F2 A2 D2
Bar 5
C#dim
RG4+C#5+E5 G4+C#5+E5 G4+C#5+E5 G4+C#5+E5 G4+C#5+E5
LC#3 E3 G3 C#3
Bar 6
Dm
RA4+D5+F5 A4+D5+F5 A4+D5+F5 A4+D5+F5 A4+D5+F5
LD2 F2 A2 D2
Bar 7
Edim
RBb4+E5+G5 Bb4+E5+G5 Bb4+E5+G5 Bb4+E5+G5 Bb4+E5+G5
LE2 G2 Bb2 E2
Bar 8
Dm
RA4+D5+F5 A4+D5+F5 A4+D5+F5 A4+D5+F5 A4+D5+F5
LD2 F2 A2 D2

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 It Had Better Be Tonight

What are the letter notes for the It Had Better Be Tonight 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#dim – Dm – Edim – Dm, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in It Had Better Be Tonight?

The loop is C#dim – Dm – Edim – Dm (viio – i – iio – i) in D minor, and the song ends on Bb – C – Dm.

What key is It Had Better Be Tonight in?

D minor, at about 140 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in It Had Better Be Tonight?

Little-hill climb: broken chord 1-3-5-1, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is It Had Better Be Tonight 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.