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You and I: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Ingrid Michaelson
- C major
- 4/4
- 120 BPM
- 2008
- 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 You and I without reading music. The left hand plays busy-bee pulse (root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3& · 4 · 4&), and the right hand sings the tune.
You and I accompaniment in letter notes
The C – Csus4 – Am – F loop with busy-bee pulse in the left hand. 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 You and I
What are the letter notes for the You and I 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 C – Csus4 – Am – F, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in You and I?
The loop is C – Csus4 – Am – F (I – Isus – vi – IV) in C major, and the song ends on C – Csus4 – C.
What key is You and I in?
C major, at about 120 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in You and I?
Busy-bee pulse: root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3& · 4 · 4&, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is You and I 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.