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Now Or Never: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Josh Groban

  • C minor
  • 4/4
  • 70 BPM
  • Medium
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Left hand Chugging-train pulseThe right hand sings the tuneChords 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 Now Or Never without reading music. The left hand plays chugging-train pulse (root bass · 1 · 1& · 2 · 2& · 3 · 3& · 4), and the right hand sings the tune.

Now Or Never accompaniment in letter notes

The C – Eb – Ab – Eb loop with chugging-train pulse in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
C
RC4+E4+G4
LC3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3
Bar 2
Eb
REb4+G4+Bb4
LEb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2
Bar 3
Ab
RAb4+C5+Eb5
LAb2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2
Bar 4
Eb
REb4+G4+Bb4 Eb4 F4 G4 Ab4 Bb4 C5 D5 Eb5
LEb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2
Bar 5
C
RC4+E4+G4
LC3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3
Bar 6
Eb
REb4+G4+Bb4
LEb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2
Bar 7
Ab
RAb4+C5+Eb5
LAb2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2
Bar 8
Eb
REb4+G4+Bb4
LEb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2

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 Now Or Never

What are the letter notes for the Now Or Never 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 – Eb – Ab – Eb, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Now Or Never?

The loop is C – Eb – Ab – Eb (I5 – bIII5 – bVI5 – bIII5) in C minor, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Cm.

What key is Now Or Never in?

C minor, at about 70 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Now Or Never?

Chugging-train pulse: root bass · 1 · 1& · 2 · 2& · 3 · 3& · 4, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Now Or Never 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.