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Who Cares: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Paul McCartney

  • A major
  • 4/4
  • 132 BPM
  • 2018
  • Medium
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Left hand Rock hopRight hand Cuckoo clockChords 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 Who Cares without reading music. The left hand plays rock hop (root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3 · 4) and the right hand cuckoo clock.

Who Cares accompaniment in letter notes

The D – A7 – D – A7 loop with rock hop in the left hand and cuckoo clock in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
D
RD5 D5 B4 D5 D5 B4
LD2 D3 D2 D2 D3
Bar 2
A7
RA4 A4 F#4 A4 A4 F#4
LA2 A3 A2 A2 A3
Bar 3
D
RD5 D5 B4 D5 D5 B4
LD2 D3 D2 D2 D3
Bar 4
A7
RA4 A4 F#4 E6 C#6 A5 G5 F#5 F5 E5 D#5
LA2 A3 A2 A2 A3
Bar 5
D
RD5 D5 B4 D5 D5 B4
LD2 D3 D2 D2 D3
Bar 6
A7
RA4 A4 F#4 A4 A4 F#4
LA2 A3 A2 A2 A3
Bar 7
D
RD5 D5 B4 D5 D5 B4
LD2 D3 D2 D2 D3
Bar 8
A7
RA4 A4 F#4 A4 A4 F#4
LA2 A3 A2 A2 A3

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 D – A7 – D – A7, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Who Cares?

The loop is D – A7 – D – A7 (IV – I7 – IV – I7) in A major, and the song ends on D – E – A.

What key is Who Cares in?

A major, at about 132 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Who Cares?

Rock hop: root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3 · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Who Cares 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.