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What I Want (feat. Slash): easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Daughtry

  • C# minor
  • 4/4
  • 132 BPM
  • 2006
  • Medium
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Left hand Engine 8thsRight hand Gospel-clap 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 Want (feat. Slash) without reading music. The left hand plays engine 8ths (root bass · 8ths) and the right hand gospel-clap chords.

What I Want (feat. Slash) accompaniment in letter notes

The C# – B – F# – C# loop with engine 8ths in the left hand and gospel-clap chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
C#RE#4+B#5+C#5 E#4+B#5+C#5 F#4+B4+C#5 E#4+B4+C#5
LC#3 C#3 C#3 C#3 C#3 C#3 C#3 C#3
Bar 2
BRD#4+A#4+B4 D#4+A#4+B4 E4+A4+B4 D#4+A4+B4
LB2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
Bar 3
F#RA#4+E#5+F#5 A#4+E#5+F#5 B4+E5+F#5 A#4+E5+F#5
LF#2 F#2 F#2 F#2 F#2 F#2 F#2 F#2
Bar 4
C#RE#4+B#5+C#5 C#7 G#6 E#6 C#6 A5 G#5 F##5 F#5
LC#3 C#3 C#3 C#3 C#3 C#3 C#3 C#3
Bar 5
C#RE#4+B#5+C#5 E#4+B#5+C#5 F#4+B4+C#5 E#4+B4+C#5
LC#3 C#3 C#3 C#3 C#3 C#3 C#3 C#3
Bar 6
BRD#4+A#4+B4 D#4+A#4+B4 E4+A4+B4 D#4+A4+B4
LB2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
Bar 7
F#RA#4+E#5+F#5 A#4+E#5+F#5 B4+E5+F#5 A#4+E5+F#5
LF#2 F#2 F#2 F#2 F#2 F#2 F#2 F#2
Bar 8
C#RE#4+B#5+C#5 E#4+B#5+C#5 F#4+B4+C#5 E#4+B4+C#5
LC#3 C#3 C#3 C#3 C#3 C#3 C#3 C#3

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 Want (feat. Slash)

What are the letter notes for the What I Want (feat. Slash) 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 C# – B – F# – C#, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in What I Want (feat. Slash)?

The loop is C# – B – F# – C# (I5 – bVII – IV – I5) in C# minor, and the song ends on A – B – C#m.

What key is What I Want (feat. Slash) in?

C# minor, at about 132 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in What I Want (feat. Slash)?

Engine 8ths: root bass · 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is What I Want (feat. Slash) 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.