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What a Fool Believes: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
- Db major
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- 1978
- Easy
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 What a Fool Believes without reading music. The left hand plays push and land (root bass · 1 · 2& · 3 · 4) and the right hand springy chords.
The intro of What a Fool Believes in letter notes
The real notes from a score, both hands, bar by bar. R is the right hand, L the left; C4 is middle C.
What a Fool Believes accompaniment in letter notes
The Absus4 – Ab7 – Db – Db – Ebm7 – Absus4 – Adim – Adim – A7 loop with push and land in the left hand and springy 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 What a Fool Believes
What are the letter notes for the What a Fool Believes 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 Absus4 – Ab7 – Db – Db – Ebm7 – Absus4 – Adim – Adim – A7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in What a Fool Believes?
The loop is Absus4 – Ab7 – Db – Db – Ebm7 – Absus4 – Adim – Adim – A7 (Vsus4 – V7 – I – ii7 – Vsus4 – bvi° – bVI7 – Vsus4 – V7) in Db major, and the song ends on Gb – Ab – Db.
What key is What a Fool Believes in?
Db major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in What a Fool Believes?
Push and land: root bass · 1 · 2& · 3 · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is What a Fool Believes easy to play on piano?
Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 9 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.
Can I hear the real melody of What a Fool Believes?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the intro of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from 5 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.