Piano chords · Pop heartbeat
What’ll I Do: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Bob Dylan
- Bb major
- 9/8
- 90 BPM
- Easy
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’ll I Do without reading music. The left hand plays pop heartbeat (root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3)), and the right hand sings the tune.
What’ll I Do accompaniment in letter notes
The Bb – Ebm – Bb – Eb loop with pop heartbeat in the left hand. 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’ll I Do
What are the letter notes for the What’ll I 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 Bb – Ebm – Bb – Eb, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in What’ll I Do?
The loop is Bb – Ebm – Bb – Eb (I – iv – I – IV) in Bb major, and the song ends on Bb – Cm – Bb.
What key is What’ll I Do in?
Bb major, at about 90 beats a minute in 9/8.
What does the left hand play in What’ll I Do?
Pop heartbeat: root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is What’ll I 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.