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Would You: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Nacio Herb Brown

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Left hand Waltz climbThe right hand sings the tuneChords 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 Would You without reading music. The left hand plays waltz climb (broken chord 1-3-5 (3/4)), and the right hand sings the tune.

Would You accompaniment in letter notes

The Eb7 – Ab – Bbm – Eb7 loop with waltz climb in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Eb7
REb4+G4+Bb4
LEb2 G2 Bb2
Bar 2
Ab
RAb4+C5+Eb5
LAb2 C3 Eb3
Bar 3
Bbm
RBb3+Db4+F4
LBb2 Db3 F3
Bar 4
Eb7
REb4+G4+Bb4 G4 Bb4 Db5 Eb5 G5 Bb5 Db6 Eb6
LEb2 G2 Bb2
Bar 5
Eb7
REb4+G4+Bb4
LEb2 G2 Bb2
Bar 6
Ab
RAb4+C5+Eb5
LAb2 C3 Eb3
Bar 7
Bbm
RBb3+Db4+F4
LBb2 Db3 F3
Bar 8
Eb7
REb4+G4+Bb4
LEb2 G2 Bb2

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 Would You

What are the letter notes for the Would 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 Eb7 – Ab – Bbm – Eb7, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Would You?

The loop is Eb7 – Ab – Bbm – Eb7 (V7 – I – ii – V7) in Ab major, and the song ends on Db – Eb – Ab.

What key is Would You in?

Ab major, at about 80 beats a minute in 3/4.

What does the left hand play in Would You?

Waltz climb: broken chord 1-3-5 (3/4), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Would You 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 one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.