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Who I’d Be: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Jeanine Tesori

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Left hand Giant stepsRight hand Steady chordsChords 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 I’d Be without reading music. The left hand plays giant steps (lh chords) and the right hand steady chords.

Who I’d Be accompaniment in letter notes

The Db – Gb – Db – Ebm loop with giant steps in the left hand and steady chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Db
RF4+Ab4+Db5 F4+Ab4+Db5 F4+Ab4+Db5 F4+Ab4+Db5
LDb3+Ab3+Db4 Ab3+Db4 Ab3+Db4 Ab3+Db4
Bar 2
Gb
RBb4+Db5+Gb5 Bb4+Db5+Gb5 Bb4+Db5+Gb5 Bb4+Db5+Gb5
LGb2+Db3+Gb3 Db3+Gb3 Db3+Gb3 Db3+Gb3
Bar 3
Db
RF4+Ab4+Db5 F4+Ab4+Db5 F4+Ab4+Db5 F4+Ab4+Db5
LDb3+Ab3+Db4 Ab3+Db4 Ab3+Db4 Ab3+Db4
Bar 4
Ebm
RGb4+Bb4+Eb5 Gb4+Bb4+Eb5 Bb6 Gb6 Eb6 Bb5 A5 Ab5 G5 Gb5
LEb2+Bb2+Eb3 Bb2+Eb3 Bb2+Eb3 Bb2+Eb3
Bar 5
Db
RF4+Ab4+Db5 F4+Ab4+Db5 F4+Ab4+Db5 F4+Ab4+Db5
LDb3+Ab3+Db4 Ab3+Db4 Ab3+Db4 Ab3+Db4
Bar 6
Gb
RBb4+Db5+Gb5 Bb4+Db5+Gb5 Bb4+Db5+Gb5 Bb4+Db5+Gb5
LGb2+Db3+Gb3 Db3+Gb3 Db3+Gb3 Db3+Gb3
Bar 7
Db
RF4+Ab4+Db5 F4+Ab4+Db5 F4+Ab4+Db5 F4+Ab4+Db5
LDb3+Ab3+Db4 Ab3+Db4 Ab3+Db4 Ab3+Db4
Bar 8
Ebm
RGb4+Bb4+Eb5 Gb4+Bb4+Eb5 Gb4+Bb4+Eb5 Gb4+Bb4+Eb5
LEb2+Bb2+Eb3 Bb2+Eb3 Bb2+Eb3 Bb2+Eb3

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 I’d Be

What are the letter notes for the Who I’d Be 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 Db – Gb – Db – Ebm, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Who I’d Be?

The loop is Db – Gb – Db – Ebm (I – IV – I – ii) in Db major, and the song ends on Db – Gb – Db.

What key is Who I’d Be in?

Db major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Who I’d Be?

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

Is Who I’d Be 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 one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.