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No Regrets: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Jennifer Knapp

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Left hand Rocket sweepThe right hand sings the tuneChords the loop the song repeats most

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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 No Regrets without reading music. The left hand plays rocket sweep (wide arpeggio 1-5-8-8-12-15), and the right hand sings the tune.

No Regrets accompaniment in letter notes

The F – C – F – C loop with rocket sweep in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
F
RF4+A4+C5
LF2 C3 F3 F3 C4 F4
Bar 2
C
RC4+E4+G4
LC3 G3 C4 C4 G4 C5
Bar 3
F
RF4+A4+C5
LF2 C3 F3 F3 C4 F4
Bar 4
C
RC4+E4+G4 E6 C6 G5 E5 C5 G4 E4 C4
LC3 G3 C4 C4 G4 C5
Bar 5
F
RF4+A4+C5
LF2 C3 F3 F3 C4 F4
Bar 6
C
RC4+E4+G4
LC3 G3 C4 C4 G4 C5
Bar 7
F
RF4+A4+C5
LF2 C3 F3 F3 C4 F4
Bar 8
C
RC4+E4+G4
LC3 G3 C4 C4 G4 C5

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 No Regrets

What are the letter notes for the No Regrets 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 F – C – F – C, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in No Regrets?

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

What key is No Regrets in?

C major, at about 90 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in No Regrets?

Rocket sweep: wide arpeggio 1-5-8-8-12-15, a tricky pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is No Regrets easy to play on piano?

It is a tricky 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.