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You Really Got Me: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Ray Davies
- F major
- 4/4
- 125 BPM
- bVII–I–bVII–I loop
- 1964
- 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 Really Got Me without reading music. The left hand plays island pulse (root bass · tresillo 3-3-2) and the right hand ticking clock.
You Really Got Me accompaniment in letter notes
The Eb – F – Eb – F loop with island pulse in the left hand and ticking clock 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 You Really Got Me
What are the letter notes for the You Really Got Me 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 Eb – F – Eb – F, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in You Really Got Me?
The loop is Eb – F – Eb – F (bVII – I – bVII – I) in F major, and the song ends on Bb – C – F.
What key is You Really Got Me in?
F major, at about 125 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in You Really Got Me?
Island pulse: root bass · tresillo 3-3-2, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is You Really Got Me 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.