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What You Waiting For?: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

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  • G minor
  • 4/4
  • 65 BPM
  • Easy
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Left hand Heartbeat octavesRight hand Springy 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 You Waiting For? without reading music. The left hand plays heartbeat octaves (rocking octaves) and the right hand springy chords.

What You Waiting For? accompaniment in letter notes

The Gsus4 – Gm – Gsus4 – Gm loop with heartbeat octaves in the left hand and springy chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Gsus4
RD5+F#5+A5 G5+C6 D5+G5+C6 D5+G5+C6 D5+G5+C6
LG2 G3 G2 G3 G2 G3 G2 G3
Bar 2
Gm
RD5+F#5+A5 G5+Bb5 D5+G5+Bb5 D5+G5+Bb5 D5+G5+Bb5
LG2 G3 G2 G3 G2 G3 G2 G3
Bar 3
Gsus4
RD5+F#5+A5 G5+C6 D5+G5+C6 D5+G5+C6 D5+G5+C6
LG2 G3 G2 G3 G2 G3 G2 G3
Bar 4
Gm
RD5+F#5+A5 G5+Bb5 D5+G5+Bb5 G6 D6 Bb5 G5 F#5 F5 E5 Eb5
LG2 G3 G2 G3 G2 G3 G2 G3
Bar 5
Gsus4
RD5+F#5+A5 G5+C6 D5+G5+C6 D5+G5+C6 D5+G5+C6
LG2 G3 G2 G3 G2 G3 G2 G3
Bar 6
Gm
RD5+F#5+A5 G5+Bb5 D5+G5+Bb5 D5+G5+Bb5 D5+G5+Bb5
LG2 G3 G2 G3 G2 G3 G2 G3
Bar 7
Gsus4
RD5+F#5+A5 G5+C6 D5+G5+C6 D5+G5+C6 D5+G5+C6
LG2 G3 G2 G3 G2 G3 G2 G3
Bar 8
Gm
RD5+F#5+A5 G5+Bb5 D5+G5+Bb5 D5+G5+Bb5 D5+G5+Bb5
LG2 G3 G2 G3 G2 G3 G2 G3

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 You Waiting For?

What are the letter notes for the What You Waiting For? 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 Gsus4 – Gm – Gsus4 – Gm, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in What You Waiting For??

The loop is Gsus4 – Gm – Gsus4 – Gm (Isus – i – Isus – i) in G minor, and the song ends on Eb – F – Gm.

What key is What You Waiting For? in?

G minor, at about 65 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in What You Waiting For??

Heartbeat octaves: rocking octaves, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is What You Waiting For? 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.