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Like I Can: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Sam Smith
- G minor
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- 2014
- 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 Like I Can without reading music. The left hand plays power fifths (lh power fifths), and the right hand sings the tune.
Like I Can accompaniment in letter notes
The Cm – Gm – Eb – Bb loop with power fifths in the left hand. 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 Like I Can
What are the letter notes for the Like I Can 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 Cm – Gm – Eb – Bb, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Like I Can?
The loop is Cm – Gm – Eb – Bb (iv – i – bVI – bIII) in G minor, and the song ends on Eb – F – Gm.
What key is Like I Can in?
G minor, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Like I Can?
Power fifths: lh power fifths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Like I Can 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.