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Where Everybody Knows Your Name: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Gary Portnoy

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Left hand Bossa swayThe right hand sings the tuneChords the loop the song repeats most

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 Everybody Knows Your Name without reading music. The left hand plays bossa sway (root bass · bossa (1 · 2& · 3 · 4&)), and the right hand sings the tune.

Where Everybody Knows Your Name accompaniment in letter notes

The Bb – F – Bb – F loop with bossa sway in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Bb
RBb3+D4+F4
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 2
F
RF4+A4+C5
LF2 F2 F2 F2
Bar 3
Bb
RBb3+D4+F4
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 4
F
RF4+A4+C5 G6 F6 Eb6 D6 C6 Bb5 A5 G5
LF2 F2 F2 F2
Bar 5
Bb
RBb3+D4+F4
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 6
F
RF4+A4+C5
LF2 F2 F2 F2
Bar 7
Bb
RBb3+D4+F4
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 8
F
RF4+A4+C5
LF2 F2 F2 F2

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 Everybody Knows Your Name

What are the letter notes for the Where Everybody Knows Your Name 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 – F – Bb – F, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Where Everybody Knows Your Name?

The loop is Bb – F – Bb – F (I – V – I – V) in Bb major, and the song ends on Bb – F – Bb.

What key is Where Everybody Knows Your Name in?

Bb major, at about 82 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Where Everybody Knows Your Name?

Bossa sway: root bass · bossa (1 · 2& · 3 · 4&), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Where Everybody Knows Your Name 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.