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Time To Say Goodbye: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Andrea Bocelli

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Left hand Stride jumpsRight hand Marching chordsChords 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 Time To Say Goodbye without reading music. The left hand plays stride jumps (stride) and the right hand marching chords.

Time To Say Goodbye accompaniment in letter notes

The G – D – Em – C loop with stride jumps in the left hand and marching chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
G
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5
LG2 D3+G3 G2 D3+G3
Bar 2
D
RF#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5
LD2 A2+D3 D2 A2+D3
Bar 3
Em
RG4+B4+E5 G4+B4+E5 G4+B4+E5 G4+B4+E5
LE2 B2+E3 E2 B2+E3
Bar 4
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 G6 E6 C6 G5 F#5 F5 E5 Eb5
LC3 G3+C4 C3 G3+C4
Bar 5
G
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5
LG2 D3+G3 G2 D3+G3
Bar 6
D
RF#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5 F#4+A4+D5
LD2 A2+D3 D2 A2+D3
Bar 7
Em
RG4+B4+E5 G4+B4+E5 G4+B4+E5 G4+B4+E5
LE2 B2+E3 E2 B2+E3
Bar 8
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC3 G3+C4 C3 G3+C4

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 To Say Goodbye

What are the letter notes for the Time To Say Goodbye 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 G – D – Em – C, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Time To Say Goodbye?

The loop is G – D – Em – C (I – V – vi – IV) in G major, and the song ends on C – D – G.

What key is Time To Say Goodbye in?

G major, at about 66 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Time To Say Goodbye?

Stride jumps: stride, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Time To Say Goodbye 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 one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.