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What Lovers Do: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Maroon 5

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Left hand Walking rootsThe right hand sings the tuneChords 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 Lovers Do without reading music. The left hand plays walking roots (root bass · quarters), and the right hand sings the tune.

What Lovers Do accompaniment in letter notes

The Gm – F – Bb – Eb loop with walking roots in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Gm
RG4+Bb4+D5
LG2 G2 G3 G3
Bar 2
F
RF4+A4+C5
LF2 F2 F3 F3
Bar 3
Bb
RBb3+D4+F4
LBb2 Bb2 Bb3 Bb3
Bar 4
Eb
REb4+G4+Bb4 C4 D4 Eb4 F4 G4 A4 Bb4 C5
LEb2 Eb2 Eb3 Eb3
Bar 5
Gm
RG4+Bb4+D5
LG2 G2 G3 G3
Bar 6
F
RF4+A4+C5
LF2 F2 F3 F3
Bar 7
Bb
RBb3+D4+F4
LBb2 Bb2 Bb3 Bb3
Bar 8
Eb
REb4+G4+Bb4
LEb2 Eb2 Eb3 Eb3

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 Lovers Do

What are the letter notes for the What Lovers Do 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 Gm – F – Bb – Eb, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in What Lovers Do?

The loop is Gm – F – Bb – Eb (vi – V – I – IV) in Bb major, and the song ends on Eb – F – Bb.

What key is What Lovers Do in?

Bb major, at about 110 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in What Lovers Do?

Walking roots: root bass · quarters, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is What Lovers Do 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 one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.