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Why Do I Do: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

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  • E major
  • 4/4
  • 100 BPM
  • 2003
  • Medium
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Left hand Late-hop footstepsRight hand Pumping 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 Why Do I Do without reading music. The left hand plays late-hop footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 3& · 4) and the right hand pumping chords.

Why Do I Do accompaniment in letter notes

The E – F# – Am – E loop with late-hop footsteps in the left hand and pumping chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
E
RB4+E5+G#5 B4+E5+G#5 B4+E5+G#5 B4+E5+G#5 B4+E5+G#5 B4+E5+G#5 B4+E5+G#5 B4+E5+G#5
LE2 E3 E2 E2 E3
Bar 2
F#
RC#5+F#5+A#5 C#5+F#5+A#5 C#5+F#5+A#5 C#5+F#5+A#5 C#5+F#5+A#5 C#5+F#5+A#5 C#5+F#5+A#5 C#5+F#5+A#5
LF#2 F#3 F#2 F#2 F#3
Bar 3
Am
RE4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5
LA2 A3 A2 A2 A3
Bar 4
E
RB4+E5+G#5 B4+E5+G#5 B4+E5+G#5 B4+E5+G#5 D#4 E4 F#4 G#4 A4 B4 C#5 D#5
LE2 E3 E2 E2 E3
Bar 5
E
RB4+E5+G#5 B4+E5+G#5 B4+E5+G#5 B4+E5+G#5 B4+E5+G#5 B4+E5+G#5 B4+E5+G#5 B4+E5+G#5
LE2 E3 E2 E2 E3
Bar 6
F#
RC#5+F#5+A#5 C#5+F#5+A#5 C#5+F#5+A#5 C#5+F#5+A#5 C#5+F#5+A#5 C#5+F#5+A#5 C#5+F#5+A#5 C#5+F#5+A#5
LF#2 F#3 F#2 F#2 F#3
Bar 7
Am
RE4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5
LA2 A3 A2 A2 A3
Bar 8
E
RB4+E5+G#5 B4+E5+G#5 B4+E5+G#5 B4+E5+G#5 B4+E5+G#5 B4+E5+G#5 B4+E5+G#5 B4+E5+G#5
LE2 E3 E2 E2 E3

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 Do I Do

What are the letter notes for the Why Do I Do 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 E – F# – Am – E, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Why Do I Do?

The loop is E – F# – Am – E (I – II – iv – I) in E major, and the song ends on E – A – E.

What key is Why Do I Do in?

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

What does the left hand play in Why Do I Do?

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

Is Why Do I Do 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.