Piano chords · Bossa beach
What I Did For Love: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
- C major
- 4/4
- 80 BPM
- 1975
- 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 I Did For Love without reading music. The left hand plays bossa sway (root bass · bossa (1 · 2& · 3 · 4&)) and the right hand steady chords.
The main tune of What I Did For Love 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 I Did For Love accompaniment in letter notes
The Am – A – Dm – Dm7 – Fm – C – G loop with bossa sway in the left hand and steady 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 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 Am – A – Dm – Dm7 – Fm – C – G, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in What I Did For Love?
The loop is Am – A – Dm – Dm7 – Fm – C – G (vi – VI – ii – ii7 – iv – I – V) in C major, and the song ends on C – Fm – C.
What key is What I Did For Love in?
C major, at about 80 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in What I Did For Love?
Bossa sway: root bass · bossa (1 · 2& · 3 · 4&), 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 7 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.
Can I hear the real melody of What I Did For Love?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the main tune of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from 3 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.