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One Love: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Glee Cast

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Left hand Tumble downThe 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 One Love without reading music. The left hand plays tumble down (broken chord 8-5-1), and the right hand sings the tune.

One Love accompaniment in letter notes

The Eb – Bb – F – Bb loop with tumble down in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Eb
REb4+G4+Bb4
LEb3 Bb2 Eb2
Bar 2
Bb
RBb3+D4+F4
LBb3 F3 Bb2
Bar 3
F
RF4+A4+C5
LF3 C3 F2
Bar 4
Bb
RBb3+D4+F4 F4 Bb4 D5 F5 Bb5 D6 F6 Bb6
LBb3 F3 Bb2
Bar 5
Eb
REb4+G4+Bb4
LEb3 Bb2 Eb2
Bar 6
Bb
RBb3+D4+F4
LBb3 F3 Bb2
Bar 7
F
RF4+A4+C5
LF3 C3 F2
Bar 8
Bb
RBb3+D4+F4
LBb3 F3 Bb2

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 One Love

What are the letter notes for the One Love 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 Eb – Bb – F – Bb, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in One Love?

The loop is Eb – Bb – F – Bb (IV – I – V – I) in Bb major, and the song ends on Bb – F – Bb.

What key is One Love in?

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

What does the left hand play in One Love?

Tumble down: broken chord 8-5-1, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is One Love 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.