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Too Late Now: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Judy Garland
- C major
- 4/4
- 80 BPM
- ii–V7–I–vi loop
- 1950
- 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 Too Late Now without reading music. The left hand plays power fifths (lh power fifths) and the right hand pausing chords.
Too Late Now accompaniment in letter notes
The Dm – G7 – C – Am loop with power fifths in the left hand and pausing 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 Too Late Now
What are the letter notes for the Too Late Now 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 Too Late Now?
The loop is Dm – G7 – C – Am (ii – V7 – I – vi) in C major, and the song ends on Am – F – C.
What key is Too Late Now in?
C major, at about 80 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Too Late Now?
Power fifths: lh power fifths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Too Late Now 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.