Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
The Air That I Breathe: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Albert Hammond & Michael Hazelwood
- Bb major
- 4/4
- 90 BPM
- 1972
- 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 The Air That I Breathe without reading music. The left hand plays rolling waves (open arpeggio 1-5-10-5) and the right hand wait-a-beat chords.
The Air That I Breathe accompaniment in letter notes
The Ebm – Bb – F – Bb loop with rolling waves in the left hand and wait-a-beat 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 The Air That I Breathe
What are the letter notes for the The Air That I Breathe 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 Ebm – Bb – F – Bb, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in The Air That I Breathe?
The loop is Ebm – Bb – F – Bb (iv – I – V – I) in Bb major, and the song ends on Bb – F – Bb.
What key is The Air That I Breathe in?
Bb major, at about 90 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in The Air That I Breathe?
Rolling waves: open arpeggio 1-5-10-5, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is The Air That I Breathe 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.