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Yesterday I Loved You: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Mary Rodgers
- D major
- 4/4
- 160 BPM
- 1959
- 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 Yesterday I Loved You without reading music. The left hand plays lazy seesaw (root–fifth 1-5-5) and the right hand hopscotch bells.
Yesterday I Loved You accompaniment in letter notes
The E7 – D – E7 – D loop with lazy seesaw in the left hand and hopscotch 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 Yesterday I Loved You
What are the letter notes for the Yesterday I Loved 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 E7 – D – E7 – D, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Yesterday I Loved You?
The loop is E7 – D – E7 – D (II7 – I – II7 – I) in D major, and the song ends on D – C – D.
What key is Yesterday I Loved You in?
D major, at about 160 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Yesterday I Loved You?
Lazy seesaw: root–fifth 1-5-5, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Yesterday I Loved 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.