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Where Does My Heart Beat Now: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Taylor Rhodes & Robert White Johnson
- Bb major
- 4/4
- 72 BPM
- I–IV–I–IV loop
- 1990
- 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 Where Does My Heart Beat Now without reading music. The left hand plays stumbling footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 2a · 3 · 4) and the right hand swing push.
Where Does My Heart Beat Now accompaniment in letter notes
The Bb – Eb – Bb – Eb loop with stumbling footsteps in the left hand and swing push in the right. 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 Where Does My Heart Beat Now
What are the letter notes for the Where Does My Heart Beat Now 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 – Eb – Bb – Eb, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Where Does My Heart Beat Now?
The loop is Bb – Eb – Bb – Eb (I – IV – I – IV) in Bb major, and the song ends on Bb – F – Bb.
What key is Where Does My Heart Beat Now in?
Bb major, at about 72 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Where Does My Heart Beat Now?
Stumbling footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 2a · 3 · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Where Does My Heart Beat Now 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.