Saving All My Love For You: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

A major
12/8
102 BPM
1978
Easy

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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 Saving All My Love For You without reading music. The left hand plays slow-dance heartbeat (root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 (12/8)), and the right hand sings the tune.

The bass riff of Saving All My Love For You in letter notes

The real notes from a score, both hands, bar by bar. R is the right hand, L the left; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
A → F#m7RA3+C#4 E4 F#4 E4+A4+C#5 A4 C#5
LA2 G#2 F#2 E2

Bar 2
G#m7 → C#7RD#4+F#4+C#5 A4 B4 D#4+F#4 B3+D#4+F##4 G#4 A4 B4
LG#2 D#3 C##3 C#3

Bar 3
Dmaj7 → C#m7 → Bm7RF#4+A4+C#5 F#4+A4+C#5 E4+G#4+B4 E4+G#4+B4 D4+F#4+A4 A3+D4+F#4 C#4+E4+A4
LD3 C#3 B2 E2

Bar 4
Amaj7 → F#m7RB4+G#5 C#5+A5 B4+G#5 A4+E5 C#5 E5
LA2 E2 F#2

Saving All My Love For You accompaniment in letter notes

The A – F#m7 – G#m7 – C#7 – Dmaj7 – C#m7 – Bm7 – Amaj7 – F#m7 loop with slow-dance heartbeat in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
A → F#m7RA3+C#4+E4 F#4+A4+C#5
LA2 A2 F#2 F#2

Bar 2
G#m7 → C#7RG#4+B4+D#5 C#4+E#4+G#4
LG#2 G#2 C#3 C#3

Bar 3
Dmaj7 → C#m7 → Bm7RD4+F#4+A4 C#4+E4+G#4 B3+D4+F#4
LD2 C#3 B2 B2

Bar 4
Amaj7 → F#m7RA3+C#4+E4 E4 F#4 A4 C#5 E5 F#5 A5 C#6 E6 F#6 A6 C#7
LA2 A2 F#2 F#2

Bar 5
A → F#m7RA3+C#4+E4 F#4+A4+C#5
LA2 A2 F#2 F#2

Bar 6
G#m7 → C#7RG#4+B4+D#5 C#4+E#4+G#4
LG#2 G#2 C#3 C#3

Bar 7
Dmaj7 → C#m7 → Bm7RD4+F#4+A4 C#4+E4+G#4 B3+D4+F#4
LD2 C#3 B2 B2

Bar 8
Amaj7 → F#m7RA3+C#4+E4 F#4+A4+C#5
LA2 A2 F#2 F#2

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 Saving All My Love For You

What are the letter notes for the Saving All My Love For You 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 A – F#m7 – G#m7 – C#7 – Dmaj7 – C#m7 – Bm7 – Amaj7 – F#m7, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Saving All My Love For You?

The loop is A – F#m7 – G#m7 – C#7 – Dmaj7 – C#m7 – Bm7 – Amaj7 – F#m7 (I – vi7 – vii7 – III7 – IVmaj7 – iii7 – ii7 – Imaj7 – vi7) in A major, and the song ends on Bm – D – A.

What key is Saving All My Love For You in?

A major, at about 102 beats a minute in 12/8.

What does the left hand play in Saving All My Love For You?

Slow-dance heartbeat: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 (12/8), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Saving All My Love For You easy to play on piano?

Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 9 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.

Can I hear the real melody of Saving All My Love For You?

Yes: "The part you know" plays the bass riff of the song from a score, with both hands.

Made from 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.