Piano chords · Pop heartbeat
Promises, Promises: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Burt Bacharach
- F major
- 3/4
- 145 BPM
- 1968
- Medium
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 Promises, Promises without reading music. The left hand plays pop heartbeat (root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3)) and the right hand pumping chords.
Promises, Promises accompaniment in letter notes
The F – G – Bb – C loop with pop heartbeat in the left hand and pumping 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 Promises, Promises
What are the letter notes for the Promises, Promises 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 – G – Bb – C, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Promises, Promises?
The loop is F – G – Bb – C (I – II – IV – V) in F major, and the song ends on Bb – C – F.
What key is Promises, Promises in?
F major, at about 145 beats a minute in 3/4.
What does the left hand play in Promises, Promises?
Pop heartbeat: root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Promises, Promises 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 3 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.