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There’s Gotta Be Something Better Than This: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

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Left hand Sliding twinsRight hand Chattering waltzChords 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 There’s Gotta Be Something Better Than This without reading music. The left hand plays sliding twins (lh power fifths (3/4)) and the right hand chattering waltz.

There’s Gotta Be Something Better Than This accompaniment in letter notes

The A – D – A – D loop with sliding twins in the left hand and chattering waltz in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
A
RA4+C#5 A4+C#5 E4 A4+C#5 E4
LA2+E3 A3 A3 A2+E3 A2+E3 A3
Bar 2
D
RD5+F#5 D5+F#5 A4 D5+F#5 A4
LD2+A2 D3 D3 D2+A2 D2+A2 D3
Bar 3
A
RA4+C#5 A4+C#5 E4 A4+C#5 E4
LA2+E3 A3 A3 A2+E3 A2+E3 A3
Bar 4
D
RD5+F#5 F#4 A4 D5 F#5 A5 D6 F#6 A6
LD2+A2 D3 D3 D2+A2 D2+A2 D3
Bar 5
A
RA4+C#5 A4+C#5 E4 A4+C#5 E4
LA2+E3 A3 A3 A2+E3 A2+E3 A3
Bar 6
D
RD5+F#5 D5+F#5 A4 D5+F#5 A4
LD2+A2 D3 D3 D2+A2 D2+A2 D3
Bar 7
A
RA4+C#5 A4+C#5 E4 A4+C#5 E4
LA2+E3 A3 A3 A2+E3 A2+E3 A3
Bar 8
D
RD5+F#5 D5+F#5 A4 D5+F#5 A4
LD2+A2 D3 D3 D2+A2 D2+A2 D3

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 There’s Gotta Be Something Better Than This

What are the letter notes for the There’s Gotta Be Something Better Than This 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 – A – D, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in There’s Gotta Be Something Better Than This?

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

What key is There’s Gotta Be Something Better Than This in?

A major, at about 160 beats a minute in 3/4.

What does the left hand play in There’s Gotta Be Something Better Than This?

Sliding twins: lh power fifths (3/4), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is There’s Gotta Be Something Better Than This 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.