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Without You: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By David Guetta featuring Usher

  • D major
  • 4/4
  • 130 BPM
  • 2011
  • Medium
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Left hand Engine 8thsRight hand Falling starsChords from the chord symbols in the score

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 Without You without reading music. The left hand plays engine 8ths (root bass · 8ths) and the right hand falling stars.

The intro of Without You 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.

Bar 1
D
RF#4 F#4 D4 D4 F#5 F#5 D5 D5
LD3 D3 D3 D3 D3 D3 D3 D3
Bar 2
D
RF#4 F#4 D4 D4 F#5 F#5 D5 D5
LD3 D3 D3 D3 D3 D3 D3 D3
Bar 3
Gsus4
RG4 D4 D4 A4 G4 D4 D4 A4
LG2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2
Bar 4
Gsus4
RG4 D4 D4 A4 G4 D4 D4 A4
LG2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2

Without You accompaniment in letter notes

The D – D – Gsus4 – Gsus4 loop with engine 8ths in the left hand and falling stars in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
D
RF#5 D5 A4 F#5 D5 A4 F#5 D5
LD2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2
Bar 2
D
RF#5 D5 A4 F#5 D5 A4 F#5 D5
LD2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2
Bar 3
Gsus4
RC6 G5 D5 C6 G5 D5 C6 G5
LG2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2
Bar 4
Gsus4
RC6 G5 D5 C6 G6 D6 C6 G5 F#5 F5 E5 Eb5
LG2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2
Bar 5
D
RF#5 D5 A4 F#5 D5 A4 F#5 D5
LD2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2
Bar 6
D
RF#5 D5 A4 F#5 D5 A4 F#5 D5
LD2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2
Bar 7
Gsus4
RC6 G5 D5 C6 G5 D5 C6 G5
LG2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2
Bar 8
Gsus4
RC6 G5 D5 C6 G5 D5 C6 G5
LG2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2

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 Without You

What are the letter notes for the Without You 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 – D – Gsus4 – Gsus4, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Without You?

The loop is D – D – Gsus4 – Gsus4 (I – IVsus4 – I – IVsus4) in D major, and the song ends on G – A – D.

What key is Without You in?

D major, at about 130 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Without You?

Engine 8ths: root bass · 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Without You 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.

Can I hear the real melody of Without You?

Yes: "The part you know" plays the intro of the song from a score, with both hands.

Made from 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.