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My Heart Would Know: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Hank Williams

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Left hand Yo-yo bounceRight hand Hopscotch bellsChords 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 My Heart Would Know without reading music. The left hand plays yo-yo bounce (broken chord 8-5-8) and the right hand hopscotch bells.

My Heart Would Know accompaniment in letter notes

The C – C7 – F – C loop with yo-yo bounce in the left hand and hopscotch bells in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
C
RC5 E4+G4 E4+G4
LC4 G3 C4
Bar 2
C7
RC5 E4+G4 E4+G4
LC4 G3 C4
Bar 3
F
RF5 A4+C5 A4+C5
LF3 C3 F3
Bar 4
C
RC5 E4+G4 E4 G4 C5 E5 G5 C6 E6 G6
LC4 G3 C4
Bar 5
C
RC5 E4+G4 E4+G4
LC4 G3 C4
Bar 6
C7
RC5 E4+G4 E4+G4
LC4 G3 C4
Bar 7
F
RF5 A4+C5 A4+C5
LF3 C3 F3
Bar 8
C
RC5 E4+G4 E4+G4
LC4 G3 C4

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 My Heart Would Know

What are the letter notes for the My Heart Would Know 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 – C7 – F – C, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in My Heart Would Know?

The loop is C – C7 – F – C (I – I7 – IV – I) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.

What key is My Heart Would Know in?

C major, at about 120 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in My Heart Would Know?

Yo-yo bounce: broken chord 8-5-8, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is My Heart Would Know 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.