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It's Going To Take Some Time: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Carpenters
- C major
- 4/4
- 120 BPM
- I–bVII–I–bVII loop
- 1971
- Medium
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's Going To Take Some Time without reading music. The left hand plays sneaky heartbeat (root bass · 1 · 2& · 4&) and the right hand gear-shift chords.
It's Going To Take Some Time accompaniment in letter notes
The C – Bb – C – Bb loop with sneaky heartbeat in the left hand and gear-shift 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 It's Going To Take Some Time
What are the letter notes for the It's Going To Take Some Time 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 – Bb – C – Bb, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in It's Going To Take Some Time?
The loop is C – Bb – C – Bb (I – bVII – I – bVII) in C major, and the song ends on Bb – F – C.
What key is It's Going To Take Some Time in?
C major, at about 120 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in It's Going To Take Some Time?
Sneaky heartbeat: root bass · 1 · 2& · 4&, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is It's Going To Take Some Time 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 3 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.