Piano chords · Old-time stride
Time After Time: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Cyndi Lauper
- C major
- 4/4
- 130 BPM
- 1983
- 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 Time After Time without reading music. The left hand plays oom-pah (bass + chords) and the right hand running-late chords.
The repeating figure of Time After Time in letter notes
The real notes from a score, both hands, bar by bar. R is the right hand, L the left; C4 is middle C.
Time After Time accompaniment in letter notes
The C – G – Am – F – G loop with oom-pah in the left hand and running-late 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 Time After Time
What are the letter notes for the Time After Time 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 C – G – Am – F – G, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Time After Time?
The loop is C – G – Am – F – G (I – V – vi – IV – V) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.
What key is Time After Time in?
C major, at about 130 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Time After Time?
Oom-pah: bass + chords, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Time After Time easy to play on piano?
It is a medium one: learn the 5 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.
Can I hear the real melody of Time After Time?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the repeating figure of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from 5 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.