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That’s When I Love You: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Phil Vassar

  • Bb major
  • 4/4
  • 100 BPM
  • Easy
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Left hand Push and landThe right hand sings the tuneChords 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 That’s When I Love You without reading music. The left hand plays push and land (root bass · 1 · 2& · 3 · 4), and the right hand sings the tune.

That’s When I Love You accompaniment in letter notes

The Bb – Ebsus4 – Fsus4 – F loop with push and land in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Bb
RBb3+D4+F4
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 2
Ebsus4
REb4+Ab4+Bb4
LEb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2
Bar 3
Fsus4
RF4+Bb4+C5
LF2 F2 F2 F2
Bar 4
F
RF4+A4+C5 Eb4 F4 G4 A4 Bb4 C5 D5 Eb5
LF2 F2 F2 F2
Bar 5
Bb
RBb3+D4+F4
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 6
Ebsus4
REb4+Ab4+Bb4
LEb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2
Bar 7
Fsus4
RF4+Bb4+C5
LF2 F2 F2 F2
Bar 8
F
RF4+A4+C5
LF2 F2 F2 F2

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 That’s When I Love You

What are the letter notes for the That’s When I Love 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 Bb – Ebsus4 – Fsus4 – F, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in That’s When I Love You?

The loop is Bb – Ebsus4 – Fsus4 – F (I5 – IVsus – Vsus – V) in Bb major, and the song ends on Fsus4 – F – Bb.

What key is That’s When I Love You in?

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

What does the left hand play in That’s When I Love You?

Push and land: root bass · 1 · 2& · 3 · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is That’s When I Love You 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 one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.