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Why Don't We Do This More Often: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Allie Wrubel
- Bb major
- 2/2
- 160 BPM
- 1941
- Easy
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 Don't We Do This More Often without reading music. The left hand plays giant steps (lh chords) and the right hand wait-a-beat chords.
Why Don't We Do This More Often accompaniment in letter notes
The F7 – Bb – Gm – C7 loop with giant steps in the left hand and wait-a-beat chords 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 Don't We Do This More Often
What are the letter notes for the Why Don't We Do This More Often 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 F7 – Bb – Gm – C7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Why Don't We Do This More Often?
The loop is F7 – Bb – Gm – C7 (V7 – I – vi – II7) in Bb major, and the song ends on Cm – F7 – Bb.
What key is Why Don't We Do This More Often in?
Bb major, at about 160 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in Why Don't We Do This More Often?
Giant steps: lh chords, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Why Don't We Do This More Often 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.