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You And I: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Stevie Wonder

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Left hand Yo-yo bounceRight hand Bossa chordsChords 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 You And I without reading music. The left hand plays yo-yo bounce (broken chord 8-5-8) and the right hand bossa chords.

You And I accompaniment in letter notes

The F – Bb – Bbm – F loop with yo-yo bounce in the left hand and bossa chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
F
RA4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5
LF3 C3 F3
Bar 2
Bb
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4
LBb3 F3 Bb3
Bar 3
Bbm
RDb4+F4+Bb4 Db4+F4+Bb4 Db4+F4+Bb4 Db4+F4+Bb4
LBb3 F3 Bb3
Bar 4
F
RA4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 F4 A4 C5 F5 A5 C6 F6 A6
LF3 C3 F3
Bar 5
F
RA4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5
LF3 C3 F3
Bar 6
Bb
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4
LBb3 F3 Bb3
Bar 7
Bbm
RDb4+F4+Bb4 Db4+F4+Bb4 Db4+F4+Bb4 Db4+F4+Bb4
LBb3 F3 Bb3
Bar 8
F
RA4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5
LF3 C3 F3

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 F – Bb – Bbm – F, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in You And I?

The loop is F – Bb – Bbm – F (I – IV – iv – I) in F major, and the song ends on Bb – Bbm – F.

What key is You And I in?

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

What does the left hand play in You And I?

Yo-yo bounce: broken chord 8-5-8, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is You And I 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.