Piano chords · Rock drive
We Can’t Stop: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
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- E major
- 4/4
- 80 BPM
- Tricky
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 We Can’t Stop without reading music. The left hand plays heartbeat octaves (rocking octaves) and the right hand hailstones.
We Can’t Stop accompaniment in letter notes
The E – G#m – C#m – Asus4 loop with heartbeat octaves in the left hand and hailstones 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.
Play next
The same left hand: Heartbeat octaves
Questions about We Can’t Stop
What are the letter notes for the We Can’t Stop 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 – G#m – C#m – Asus4, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in We Can’t Stop?
The loop is E – G#m – C#m – Asus4 (I – iii – vi – IVsus) in E major, and the song ends on A – B – E.
What key is We Can’t Stop in?
E major, at about 80 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in We Can’t Stop?
Heartbeat octaves: rocking octaves, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is We Can’t Stop easy to play on piano?
It is a tricky one: learn the 4 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.
Made from 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.