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True Love: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez

  • Bb major
  • 4/4
  • 98 BPM
  • 2018
  • Medium
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Left hand Gentle rockingRight hand Ticking clockChords 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 True Love without reading music. The left hand plays gentle rocking (broken chord 1-5-8-5) and the right hand ticking clock.

True Love accompaniment in letter notes

The Eb – Bbsus4 – Ab – F loop with gentle rocking in the left hand and ticking clock in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Eb
REb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4
LEb2 Bb2 Eb3 Bb2
Bar 2
Bbsus4
RBb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3
LBb2 F3 Bb3 F3
Bar 3
Ab
RAb4 Ab4 Ab4 Ab4 Ab4 Ab4
LAb2 Eb3 Ab3 Eb3
Bar 4
F
RF4 F4 F4 F4 A4 C5 F5 A5 C6 F6 A6
LF2 C3 F3 C3
Bar 5
Eb
REb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4
LEb2 Bb2 Eb3 Bb2
Bar 6
Bbsus4
RBb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3
LBb2 F3 Bb3 F3
Bar 7
Ab
RAb4 Ab4 Ab4 Ab4 Ab4 Ab4
LAb2 Eb3 Ab3 Eb3
Bar 8
F
RF4 F4 F4 F4 F4 F4
LF2 C3 F3 C3

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 True Love

What are the letter notes for the True Love 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 Eb – Bbsus4 – Ab – F, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in True Love?

The loop is Eb – Bbsus4 – Ab – F (IV – Isus – bVII – V) in Bb major, and the song ends on Bb – Eb – Bb.

What key is True Love in?

Bb major, at about 98 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in True Love?

Gentle rocking: broken chord 1-5-8-5, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is True Love 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.