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Why: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Annie Lennox
- C major
- 4/4
- 80 BPM
- 1992
- 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 Why without reading music. The left hand plays island pulse (root bass · tresillo 3-3-2) and the right hand fairy lights.
The catchy part of Why 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.
Why accompaniment in letter notes
The Fmaj7 – G – C – C – Am7 loop with island pulse in the left hand and fairy lights 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 Why
What are the letter notes for the Why 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 Fmaj7 – G – C – C – Am7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Why?
The loop is Fmaj7 – G – C – C – Am7 (IVmaj7 – V – I – vi7 – IVmaj7) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.
What key is Why in?
C major, at about 80 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Why?
Island pulse: root bass · tresillo 3-3-2, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Why easy to play on piano?
It is a medium one: learn the 5 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.
Can I hear the real melody of Why?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the catchy part of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.