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Sweet Love: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Gary Bias, Louis A. Johnson & others

  • A major
  • 4/4
  • 100 BPM
  • 1986
  • Medium
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Left hand Island pulseRight hand Pumping chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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 Sweet Love without reading music. The left hand plays island pulse (root bass · tresillo 3-3-2) and the right hand pumping chords.

Sweet Love accompaniment in letter notes

The F – D – A – Dm loop with island pulse in the left hand and pumping chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
F
RC5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5
LF2 F2 F2
Bar 2
D
RA4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5
LD2 D2 D2
Bar 3
A
RE4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5
LA2 A2 A2
Bar 4
Dm
RA4+D5+F5 A4+D5+F5 A4+D5+F5 A4+D5+F5 E4 F#4 G#4 A4 B4 C#5 D5 E5
LD2 D2 D2
Bar 5
F
RC5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5
LF2 F2 F2
Bar 6
D
RA4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5 A4+D5+F#5
LD2 D2 D2
Bar 7
A
RE4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5 E4+A4+C#5
LA2 A2 A2
Bar 8
Dm
RA4+D5+F5 A4+D5+F5 A4+D5+F5 A4+D5+F5 A4+D5+F5 A4+D5+F5 A4+D5+F5 A4+D5+F5
LD2 D2 D2

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 Sweet Love

What are the letter notes for the Sweet 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 F – D – A – Dm, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Sweet Love?

The loop is F – D – A – Dm (bVI – IV – I – iv) in A major, and the song ends on D – E – A.

What key is Sweet Love in?

A major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Sweet Love?

Island pulse: root bass · tresillo 3-3-2, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

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