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Wish I Could: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Norah Jones
- D major
- 3/4
- 147 BPM
- I–Isus–I–Isus loop
- 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 Wish I Could without reading music. The left hand plays lullaby seesaw (root–fifth 1-5-5-5 (3/4)) and the right hand waltz bells.
Wish I Could accompaniment in letter notes
The D – Dsus4 – D – Dsus4 loop with lullaby seesaw in the left hand and waltz bells 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 Wish I Could
What are the letter notes for the Wish I Could 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 – Dsus4 – D – Dsus4, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Wish I Could?
The loop is D – Dsus4 – D – Dsus4 (I – Isus – I – Isus) in D major, and the song ends on D – Dsus4 – D.
What key is Wish I Could in?
D major, at about 147 beats a minute in 3/4.
What does the left hand play in Wish I Could?
Lullaby seesaw: root–fifth 1-5-5-5 (3/4), a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Wish I Could 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.