Piano chords · Waltz garden
There’s Something About That Name: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by William J. Gaither
- Eb major
- 3/4
- 120 BPM
- I–iii–vi–I loop
- 1993
- 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 There’s Something About That Name without reading music. The left hand plays swan glide (broken chord 1-3-5-3-5-3 (3/4)) and the right hand sleepy waltz chords.
There’s Something About That Name accompaniment in letter notes
The Eb – Gm – Cm – Eb loop with swan glide in the left hand and sleepy waltz 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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More by William J. Gaither
The same I–iii–vi–I loop
The same left hand: Swan glide
Questions about There’s Something About That Name
What are the letter notes for the There’s Something About That Name 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 Eb – Gm – Cm – Eb, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in There’s Something About That Name?
The loop is Eb – Gm – Cm – Eb (I – iii – vi – I) in Eb major, and the song ends on Eb – Ab – Eb.
What key is There’s Something About That Name in?
Eb major, at about 120 beats a minute in 3/4.
What does the left hand play in There’s Something About That Name?
Swan glide: broken chord 1-3-5-3-5-3 (3/4), a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is There’s Something About That Name 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.