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Tell You Something: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

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Left hand Gentle rockingRight hand Slipping tapsChords 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 Tell You Something without reading music. The left hand plays gentle rocking (broken chord 1-5-8-5) and the right hand slipping taps.

Tell You Something accompaniment in letter notes

The A – D – G – A loop with gentle rocking in the left hand and slipping taps in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
A
RC#4+E4+A4 A4 A4 G4 G4 G4
LA2 E3 A3 E3
Bar 2
D
RF#4+A4+D5 D5 D5 C5 C5 C5
LD2 A2 D3 A2
Bar 3
G
RB4+D5+G5 G5 G5 F5 F5 F5
LG2 D3 G3 D3
Bar 4
A
RC#4+E4+A4 A4 A4 E4 A4 C#5 E5 A5 C#6 E6 A6
LA2 E3 A3 E3
Bar 5
A
RC#4+E4+A4 A4 A4 G4 G4 G4
LA2 E3 A3 E3
Bar 6
D
RF#4+A4+D5 D5 D5 C5 C5 C5
LD2 A2 D3 A2
Bar 7
G
RB4+D5+G5 G5 G5 F5 F5 F5
LG2 D3 G3 D3
Bar 8
A
RC#4+E4+A4 A4 A4 G4 G4 G4
LA2 E3 A3 E3

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 Tell You Something

What are the letter notes for the Tell You Something 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 – D – G – A, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Tell You Something?

The loop is A – D – G – A (V – I – IV – V) in D major, and the song ends on G – A – D.

What key is Tell You Something in?

D major, at about 110 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in Tell You Something?

Gentle rocking: broken chord 1-5-8-5, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Tell You Something 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.