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Part Of It All: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Jeff Bowen

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Left hand Power fifthsRight hand Ticking clockChords 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 Part Of It All without reading music. The left hand plays power fifths (lh power fifths) and the right hand ticking clock.

Part Of It All accompaniment in letter notes

The F – Eb – Bb – F loop with power fifths in the left hand and ticking clock in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
F
RF4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4
LF3+C4 F3+C4 F2+C3 F2+C3
Bar 2
Eb
REb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4
LEb3+Bb3 Eb3+Bb3 Eb2+Bb2 Eb2+Bb2
Bar 3
Bb
RBb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3
LBb3+F4 Bb3+F4 Bb2+F3 Bb2+F3
Bar 4
F
RF4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 C7 A6 F6 C6 A5 Ab5 G5 Gb5
LF3+C4 F3+C4 F2+C3 F2+C3
Bar 5
F
RF4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4
LF3+C4 F3+C4 F2+C3 F2+C3
Bar 6
Eb
REb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4
LEb3+Bb3 Eb3+Bb3 Eb2+Bb2 Eb2+Bb2
Bar 7
Bb
RBb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3
LBb3+F4 Bb3+F4 Bb2+F3 Bb2+F3
Bar 8
F
RF4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4
LF3+C4 F3+C4 F2+C3 F2+C3

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 Part Of It All

What are the letter notes for the Part Of It All 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 – Eb – Bb – F, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Part Of It All?

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

What key is Part Of It All in?

F major, at about 80 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Part Of It All?

Power fifths: lh power fifths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Part Of It All 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.