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Who Cares?: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by George Gershwin & Ira Gershwin

  • C major
  • 2/2
  • 120 BPM
  • 1931
  • Easy
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Left hand Giant stepsRight hand Hopscotch chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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 Who Cares? without reading music. The left hand plays giant steps (lh chords) and the right hand hopscotch chords.

Who Cares? accompaniment in letter notes

The Dm – G7 – C – Ab7 loop with giant steps in the left hand and hopscotch chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Dm
RF4+A4+D5 F4+A4 F4+A4
LD2+A2+D3 A2+D3 A2+D3 A2+D3
Bar 2
G7
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5 B4+D5
LG2+D3+G3 D3+G3 D3+G3 D3+G3
Bar 3
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4 E4+G4
LC3+G3+C4 G3+C4 G3+C4 G3+C4
Bar 4
Ab7
RC5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5 Ab6 Gb6 Eb6 C6 Bbb5 Ab5 G5 Gb5
LAb2+Eb3+Ab3 Eb3+Ab3 Eb3+Ab3 Eb3+Ab3
Bar 5
Dm
RF4+A4+D5 F4+A4 F4+A4
LD2+A2+D3 A2+D3 A2+D3 A2+D3
Bar 6
G7
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5 B4+D5
LG2+D3+G3 D3+G3 D3+G3 D3+G3
Bar 7
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4 E4+G4
LC3+G3+C4 G3+C4 G3+C4 G3+C4
Bar 8
Ab7
RC5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5 C5+Eb5
LAb2+Eb3+Ab3 Eb3+Ab3 Eb3+Ab3 Eb3+Ab3

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 Cares?

What are the letter notes for the Who Cares? 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 Dm – G7 – C – Ab7, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Who Cares??

The loop is Dm – G7 – C – Ab7 (ii – V7 – I – bVI7) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.

What key is Who Cares? in?

C major, at about 120 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in Who Cares??

Giant steps: lh chords, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Who Cares? 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.