Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
They Didn’t Believe Me: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Jerome Kern
- Ab major
- 4/4
- 120 BPM
- I–V7–I–V7 loop
- 1994
- Easy
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 They Didn’t Believe Me without reading music. The left hand plays trampoline bounce (broken chord 8-12-5-12) and the right hand hopscotch bells.
They Didn’t Believe Me accompaniment in letter notes
The Ab – Eb7 – Ab – Eb7 loop with trampoline bounce in the left hand and hopscotch bells 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 They Didn’t Believe Me
What are the letter notes for the They Didn’t Believe Me 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 Ab – Eb7 – Ab – Eb7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in They Didn’t Believe Me?
The loop is Ab – Eb7 – Ab – Eb7 (I – V7 – I – V7) in Ab major, and the song ends on Bbm – Eb7 – Ab.
What key is They Didn’t Believe Me in?
Ab major, at about 120 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in They Didn’t Believe Me?
Trampoline bounce: broken chord 8-12-5-12, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is They Didn’t Believe Me 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 3 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.