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What Do I Know?: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Ed Sheeran
- E major
- 4/4
- 110 BPM
- I–IV–V–I loop
- 2017
- Easy
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 Do I Know? without reading music. The left hand plays run-up footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 4&), and the right hand sings the tune.
What Do I Know? accompaniment in letter notes
The E – A – B – E loop with run-up footsteps 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 Do I Know?
What are the letter notes for the What Do I Know? 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 – A – B – E, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in What Do I Know??
The loop is E – A – B – E (I – IV – V – I) in E major, and the song ends on A – B – E.
What key is What Do I Know? in?
E major, at about 110 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in What Do I Know??
Run-up footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 4&, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is What Do I Know? easy to play on piano?
Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 4 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.
Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.