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Where is Love?: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Lionel Bart

  • C major
  • 4/4
  • 92 BPM
  • 1959
  • Easy
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Left hand Lazy footstepsThe right hand sings the tuneChords worked out from the notes of the famous part

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 is Love? without reading music. The left hand plays lazy footsteps (root bass · 1 · 3 · 4), and the right hand sings the tune.

The main tune of Where is Love? 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.

Bar 1
C → G7
RC4 D4 C4+E4 D4+F4 C4+D4 B3 E4
LC2+E3 A2+F3 G2
Bar 2
C
RG3+B3+E4 A3
LC2 G2 E3 G2
Bar 3
C → Em7
RG3+B3+E4 A3+C4+F4 B3+D4+G4 C4+E4+A4 A3+C4+F4 G3+B3 G4
LC2 D2 G2
Bar 4
C
RD4+E4+G4 C4 B3 Bb3
LC2 G2 E3 G2

Where is Love? accompaniment in letter notes

The C – G7 – C – C – Em7 – C loop with lazy footsteps in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
C → G7
RC4+E4+G4 G4+B4+D5
LC3 G3 G2
Bar 2
C
RC4+E4+G4
LC3 C4 C3
Bar 3
C → Em7
RC4+E4+G4 E4+G4+B4
LC3 E3 E2
Bar 4
C
RC4+E4+G4 D4 E4 F4 G4 A4 B4 C5 D5
LC3 C4 C3
Bar 5
C → G7
RC4+E4+G4 G4+B4+D5
LC3 G3 G2
Bar 6
C
RC4+E4+G4
LC3 C4 C3
Bar 7
C → Em7
RC4+E4+G4 E4+G4+B4
LC3 E3 E2
Bar 8
C
RC4+E4+G4
LC3 C4 C3

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 is Love?

What are the letter notes for the Where is Love? 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 C – G7 – C – C – Em7 – C, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Where is Love??

The loop is C – G7 – C – C – Em7 – C (I – V7 – I – iii7 – I – V7) in C major, and the song ends on C – F – C.

What key is Where is Love? in?

C major, at about 92 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Where is Love??

Lazy footsteps: root bass · 1 · 3 · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Where is Love? 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 Where is Love??

Yes: "The part you know" plays the main tune of the song from a score, with both hands.

Made from 4 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.