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To Be With You: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Eric Martin & David Grahame

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Left hand Hammering bassRight hand Sprint-and-stop chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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 To Be With You without reading music. The left hand plays hammering bass (broken chord 8-8) and the right hand sprint-and-stop chords.

To Be With You accompaniment in letter notes

The E – A – B – E loop with hammering bass in the left hand and sprint-and-stop chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
E
RG#4+B4+E5 G#4+B4+E5 G#4+B4+E5 G#4+B4+E5
LE3 E3 E3 E3 E3 E3 E3 B2
Bar 2
A
RC#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4
LA3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 E3
Bar 3
B
RD#4+F#4+B4 D#4+F#4+B4 D#4+F#4+B4 D#4+F#4+B4
LB3 B3 B3 B3 B3 B3 B3 F#3
Bar 4
E
RG#4+B4+E5 G#4+B4+E5 G#4+B4+E5 G#4+B4+E5 E4 G#4 B4 E5 G#5 B5 E6 G#6
LE3 E3 E3 E3 E3 E3 E3 B2
Bar 5
E
RG#4+B4+E5 G#4+B4+E5 G#4+B4+E5 G#4+B4+E5
LE3 E3 E3 E3 E3 E3 E3 B2
Bar 6
A
RC#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4 C#4+E4+A4
LA3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 E3
Bar 7
B
RD#4+F#4+B4 D#4+F#4+B4 D#4+F#4+B4 D#4+F#4+B4
LB3 B3 B3 B3 B3 B3 B3 F#3
Bar 8
E
RG#4+B4+E5 G#4+B4+E5 G#4+B4+E5 G#4+B4+E5
LE3 E3 E3 E3 E3 E3 E3 B2

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 To Be With You

What are the letter notes for the To Be With You 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 E – A – B – E, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in To Be With You?

The loop is E – A – B – E (I – IV – V – I) in E major, and the song ends on A – B – E.

What key is To Be With You in?

E major, at about 80 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in To Be With You?

Hammering bass: broken chord 8-8, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is To Be With You 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.