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Let Me In: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Yvonne Baker, Alphonso Howell & others

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Left hand Boom-chickRight hand Pumping 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 Let Me In without reading music. The left hand plays boom-chick (boom-chick) and the right hand pumping chords.

Let Me In accompaniment in letter notes

The F7 – Bb – F7 – Bb loop with boom-chick in the left hand and pumping chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
F7
RC5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5
LF2 A2+C3 F2 A2+C3 F2 A2+C3 F2 A2+C3
Bar 2
Bb
RF4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5
LBb2 D3+F3 Bb2 D3+F3 Bb2 D3+F3 Bb2 D3+F3
Bar 3
F7
RC5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5
LF2 A2+C3 F2 A2+C3 F2 A2+C3 F2 A2+C3
Bar 4
Bb
RF4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 Bb6 F6 D6 Bb5 G5 Gb5 F5 E5
LBb2 D3+F3 Bb2 D3+F3 Bb2 D3+F3 Bb2 D3+F3
Bar 5
F7
RC5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5
LF2 A2+C3 F2 A2+C3 F2 A2+C3 F2 A2+C3
Bar 6
Bb
RF4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5
LBb2 D3+F3 Bb2 D3+F3 Bb2 D3+F3 Bb2 D3+F3
Bar 7
F7
RC5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5
LF2 A2+C3 F2 A2+C3 F2 A2+C3 F2 A2+C3
Bar 8
Bb
RF4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5 F4+Bb4+D5
LBb2 D3+F3 Bb2 D3+F3 Bb2 D3+F3 Bb2 D3+F3

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 Let Me In

What are the letter notes for the Let Me In 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 F7 – Bb – F7 – Bb, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Let Me In?

The loop is F7 – Bb – F7 – Bb (V7 – I – V7 – I) in Bb major, and the song ends on C7 – F7 – Bb.

What key is Let Me In in?

Bb major, at about 136 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Let Me In?

Boom-chick: boom-chick, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Let Me In 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 one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.