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What A Time (feat. Niall Horan): easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Julia Michaels
- C major
- 2/2
- 134 BPM
- IV–V–IV–V loop
- 2018
- 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 What A Time (feat. Niall Horan) without reading music. The left hand plays power fifths (lh power fifths), and the right hand sings the tune.
What A Time (feat. Niall Horan) accompaniment in letter notes
The F – G – F – G loop with power fifths in the left hand. 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 Time (feat. Niall Horan)
What are the letter notes for the What A Time (feat. Niall Horan) 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 F – G – F – G, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in What A Time (feat. Niall Horan)?
The loop is F – G – F – G (IV – V – IV – V) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.
What key is What A Time (feat. Niall Horan) in?
C major, at about 134 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in What A Time (feat. Niall Horan)?
Power fifths: lh power fifths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is What A Time (feat. Niall Horan) 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.