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While My Guitar Gently Weeps: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By The Beatles
- C major
- 4/4
- 120 BPM
- 1968
- 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 While My Guitar Gently Weeps without reading music. The left hand plays lazy footsteps (root bass · 1 · 3 · 4) and the right hand late-hop chords.
The repeating figure of While My Guitar Gently Weeps 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.
While My Guitar Gently Weeps accompaniment in letter notes
The F#m7 – Fmaj7 – Am – G loop with lazy footsteps in the left hand and late-hop chords 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 While My Guitar Gently Weeps
What are the letter notes for the While My Guitar Gently Weeps 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 F#m7 – Fmaj7 – Am – G, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in While My Guitar Gently Weeps?
The loop is F#m7 – Fmaj7 – Am – G (#iv7 – IVmaj7 – vi – V) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.
What key is While My Guitar Gently Weeps in?
C major, at about 120 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in While My Guitar Gently Weeps?
Lazy footsteps: root bass · 1 · 3 · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is While My Guitar Gently Weeps 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.
Can I hear the real melody of While My Guitar Gently Weeps?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the repeating figure of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from 5 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.