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What If: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
- Eb major
- 4/4
- 63 BPM
- vi–ii–vi–ii loop
- Medium
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 If without reading music. The left hand plays excited heartbeat (root bass · 1 · 1& · 2 · 2a · 3 · 3& · 4) and the right hand steady chords.
What If accompaniment in letter notes
The Cm – Fm – Cm – Fm loop with excited heartbeat 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 If
What are the letter notes for the What If 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 Cm – Fm – Cm – Fm, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in What If?
The loop is Cm – Fm – Cm – Fm (vi – ii – vi – ii) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Eb.
What key is What If in?
Eb major, at about 63 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in What If?
Excited heartbeat: root bass · 1 · 1& · 2 · 2a · 3 · 3& · 4, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is What If 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.