Piano chords · Old-time stride
Je Ne Sais Pas: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Louis Gaste
- C major
- 2/2
- 80 BPM
- 1953
- Easy
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 Je Ne Sais Pas without reading music. The left hand plays boom-chick (boom-chick) and the right hand bossa chords.
Je Ne Sais Pas accompaniment in letter notes
The G7 – B7 – C – G7 loop with boom-chick in the left hand and bossa 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 Je Ne Sais Pas
What are the letter notes for the Je Ne Sais Pas 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 G7 – B7 – C – G7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Je Ne Sais Pas?
The loop is G7 – B7 – C – G7 (V7 – VII7 – I – V7) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.
What key is Je Ne Sais Pas in?
C major, at about 80 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in Je Ne Sais Pas?
Boom-chick: boom-chick, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Je Ne Sais Pas 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.