Piano chords · Rock drive
When You Were Sweet Sixteen: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by James Thornton
- D major
- 4/4
- 76 BPM
- 2005
- Medium
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 You Were Sweet Sixteen without reading music. The left hand plays power fifths (lh power fifths), and the right hand sings the tune.
When You Were Sweet Sixteen accompaniment in letter notes
The A7 – D – A – Bm loop with power fifths 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 Were Sweet Sixteen
What are the letter notes for the When You Were Sweet Sixteen 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 A7 – D – A – Bm, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in When You Were Sweet Sixteen?
The loop is A7 – D – A – Bm (V7 – I – V – vi) in D major, and the song ends on Bm – G – D.
What key is When You Were Sweet Sixteen in?
D major, at about 76 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in When You Were Sweet Sixteen?
Power fifths: lh power fifths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is When You Were Sweet Sixteen easy to play on piano?
It is a medium one: learn the 4 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.
Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.