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The Next Time I Fall: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Peter Cetera with Amy Grant
- A major
- 4/4
- 80 BPM
- IV–V–I–IV loop
- Medium
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 Next Time I Fall without reading music. The left hand plays engine 8ths (root bass · 8ths) and the right hand deep-breath chords.
The Next Time I Fall accompaniment in letter notes
The D – E – A – D loop with engine 8ths in the left hand and deep-breath 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 Next Time I Fall
What are the letter notes for the The Next Time I Fall 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 D – E – A – D, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in The Next Time I Fall?
The loop is D – E – A – D (IV – V – I – IV) in A major, and the song ends on E – D – A.
What key is The Next Time I Fall in?
A major, at about 80 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in The Next Time I Fall?
Engine 8ths: root bass · 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is The Next Time I Fall 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.