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What I Did For Love: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By David Guetta

  • D major
  • 4/4
  • 128 BPM
  • 2014
  • Easy
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Left hand Heartbeat octavesRight hand Funky-chicken chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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 I Did For Love without reading music. The left hand plays heartbeat octaves (rocking octaves) and the right hand funky-chicken chords.

What I Did For Love accompaniment in letter notes

The Bm – A – D – Em loop with heartbeat octaves in the left hand and funky-chicken chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Bm
RB3+D4+F#4 B3+D4+F#4 B3+D4+F#4 B3+D4+F#4 B3+D4+F#4
LB2 B3 B2 B3
Bar 2
A
RA3+C#4+E4 A3+C#4+E4 A3+C#4+E4 A3+C#4+E4 A3+C#4+E4
LA2 A3 A2 A3
Bar 3
D
RD4+F#4+A4 D4+F#4+A4 D4+F#4+A4 D4+F#4+A4 D4+F#4+A4
LD2 D3 D2 D3
Bar 4
Em
RE4+G4+B4 E4+G4+B4 G6 E6 B5 G5 F#5 F5 E5 D#5
LE2 E3 E2 E3
Bar 5
Bm
RB3+D4+F#4 B3+D4+F#4 B3+D4+F#4 B3+D4+F#4 B3+D4+F#4
LB2 B3 B2 B3
Bar 6
A
RA3+C#4+E4 A3+C#4+E4 A3+C#4+E4 A3+C#4+E4 A3+C#4+E4
LA2 A3 A2 A3
Bar 7
D
RD4+F#4+A4 D4+F#4+A4 D4+F#4+A4 D4+F#4+A4 D4+F#4+A4
LD2 D3 D2 D3
Bar 8
Em
RE4+G4+B4 E4+G4+B4 E4+G4+B4 E4+G4+B4 E4+G4+B4
LE2 E3 E2 E3

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 I Did For Love

What are the letter notes for the What I Did For 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 Bm – A – D – Em, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in What I Did For Love?

The loop is Bm – A – D – Em (vi – V – I – ii) in D major, and the song ends on Bm – A – D.

What key is What I Did For Love in?

D major, at about 128 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in What I Did For Love?

Heartbeat octaves: rocking octaves, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is What I Did For Love 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.