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What I Really Meant To Say: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Cyndi Thomson
- D major
- 2/2
- 120 BPM
- 1999
- 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 Really Meant To Say without reading music. The left hand plays drowsy heartbeat (root bass · 1 · 3 · 4&) and the right hand eager chords.
What I Really Meant To Say accompaniment in letter notes
The D – Gsus4 – D – G loop with drowsy heartbeat in the left hand and eager 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 Really Meant To Say
What are the letter notes for the What I Really Meant To Say 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 D – Gsus4 – D – G, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in What I Really Meant To Say?
The loop is D – Gsus4 – D – G (I – IVsus – I – IV) in D major, and the song ends on G – A – D.
What key is What I Really Meant To Say in?
D major, at about 120 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in What I Really Meant To Say?
Drowsy heartbeat: root bass · 1 · 3 · 4&, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is What I Really Meant To Say 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.