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Part Time Lover: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Stevie Wonder
- Bb minor
- 4/4
- 140 BPM
- 1985
- Easy
Play the full song with sheet music
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 Time Lover without reading music. The left hand plays island pulse (root bass · tresillo 3-3-2) and the right hand wait-a-beat chords.
Part Time Lover accompaniment in letter notes
The Ebm – Fm – Ab – Bbm loop with island pulse in the left hand and wait-a-beat chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.
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 Time Lover
What are the letter notes for the Part Time Lover 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 Ebm – Fm – Ab – Bbm, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Part Time Lover?
The loop is Ebm – Fm – Ab – Bbm (iv – v – bVII – i) in Bb minor, and the song ends on Gb – Ab – Bbm.
What key is Part Time Lover in?
Bb minor, at about 140 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Part Time Lover?
Island pulse: root bass · tresillo 3-3-2, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Part Time Lover 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.