Piano chords · Blues & boogie
Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me): easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Bill Evans
- Eb major
- 4/4
- 95 BPM
- ii–V7–I–ii loop
- 1964
- Medium
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 Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me) without reading music. The left hand plays boogie walker (boogie-woogie line), and the right hand sings the tune.
Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me) accompaniment in letter notes
The Fm – Bb7 – Eb – Fm loop with boogie walker 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 Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)
What are the letter notes for the Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me) 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 Fm – Bb7 – Eb – Fm, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)?
The loop is Fm – Bb7 – Eb – Fm (ii – V7 – I – ii) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Eb.
What key is Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me) in?
Eb major, at about 95 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)?
Boogie walker: boogie-woogie line, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me) 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.