Piano chords · Old-time stride
When You Love Someone: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By James TW
- G major
- 4/4
- 130 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 When You Love Someone without reading music. The left hand plays oom-pah (bass + chords), and the right hand sings the tune.
The main tune of When You Love Someone in letter notes
The real notes from a score, both hands, bar by bar. R is the right hand, L the left; C4 is middle C.
When You Love Someone accompaniment in letter notes
The Em7 – D – G – G – Csus4 – Csus4 loop with oom-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.
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Questions about When You Love Someone
What are the letter notes for the When You Love Someone 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 Em7 – D – G – G – Csus4 – Csus4, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in When You Love Someone?
The loop is Em7 – D – G – G – Csus4 – Csus4 (vi7 – V – I – IVsus4 – vi7 – V) in G major, and the song ends on C – D – G.
What key is When You Love Someone in?
G major, at about 130 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in When You Love Someone?
Oom-pah: bass + chords, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is When You Love Someone easy to play on piano?
Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 6 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.
Can I hear the real melody of When You Love Someone?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the main tune of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.