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When I Need You: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Carole Bayer Sager & Albert Hammond
- G major
- 3/4
- 120 BPM
- 1976
- 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 When I Need You without reading music. The left hand plays oom-pah-pah (waltz oom-pah-pah), and the right hand sings the tune.
When I Need You accompaniment in letter notes
The G – D7 – D#dim – Em loop with oom-pah-pah 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.
Questions about When I Need You
What are the letter notes for the When I Need 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 G – D7 – D#dim – Em, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in When I Need You?
The loop is G – D7 – D#dim – Em (I – V7 – bvio – vi) in G major, and the song ends on C – D – G.
What key is When I Need You in?
G major, at about 120 beats a minute in 3/4.
What does the left hand play in When I Need You?
Oom-pah-pah: waltz oom-pah-pah, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is When I Need 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.