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What Say You: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Travis Tritt with John Cougar Mellencamp
- Eb major
- 4/4
- 130 BPM
- I–IV–I–IV loop
- 2004
- 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 Say You without reading music. The left hand plays late-hop footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 3& · 4) and the right hand hide-and-seek chords.
What Say You accompaniment in letter notes
The Eb – Ab – Eb – Ab loop with late-hop footsteps in the left hand and hide-and-seek 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 Say You
What are the letter notes for the What Say You 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 Eb – Ab – Eb – Ab, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in What Say You?
The loop is Eb – Ab – Eb – Ab (I – IV – I – IV) in Eb major, and the song ends on Eb – Ab – Eb.
What key is What Say You in?
Eb major, at about 130 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in What Say You?
Late-hop footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 3& · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is What Say You 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.