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(I've Had) The Time Of My Life: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes
- E major
- 4/4
- 112 BPM
- 1987
- 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 (I've Had) The Time Of My Life without reading music. The left hand plays push and land (root bass · 1 · 2& · 3 · 4) and the right hand soft chords.
The catchy part of (I've Had) The Time Of My Life in letter notes
The real notes from a score, both hands, bar by bar. R is the right hand, L the left; C4 is middle C.
(I've Had) The Time Of My Life accompaniment in letter notes
The C#m7 – D – D – E loop with push and land in the left hand and soft 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 (I've Had) The Time Of My Life
What are the letter notes for the (I've Had) The Time Of My Life 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#m7 – D – D – E, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in (I've Had) The Time Of My Life?
The loop is C#m7 – D – D – E (vi7 – bVII – I – vi7) in E major, and the song ends on F#m – A – E.
What key is (I've Had) The Time Of My Life in?
E major, at about 112 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in (I've Had) The Time Of My Life?
Push and land: root bass · 1 · 2& · 3 · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is (I've Had) The Time Of My Life 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.
Can I hear the real melody of (I've Had) The Time Of My Life?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the catchy part of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.