Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
Time After Time: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Jule Styne
- C major
- 4/4
- 150 BPM
- ii–V7–I–vi loop
- 1947
- Medium
Play the full song with sheet music
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 three-step climb (broken chord 1-5-8) and the right hand twinkle.
Time After Time accompaniment in letter notes
The Dm – G7 – C – Am loop with three-step climb in the left hand and twinkle 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 Dm – G7 – C – Am, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Time After Time?
The loop is Dm – G7 – C – Am (ii – V7 – I – vi) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.
What key is Time After Time in?
C major, at about 150 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Time After Time?
Three-step climb: broken chord 1-5-8, 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 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.