Piano chords · Bossa beach
1000 Miles Away: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Jewel Kilcher
- D major
- 4/4
- 112 BPM
- ii–I–ii–I loop
- 2006
- Medium
Play the full song with sheet music
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 1000 Miles Away without reading music. The left hand plays lazy seesaw (root–fifth 1-5-5) and the right hand circling light.
1000 Miles Away accompaniment in letter notes
The Em – D – Em – D loop with lazy seesaw in the left hand and circling light 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 1000 Miles Away
What are the letter notes for the 1000 Miles Away 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 Em – D – Em – D, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in 1000 Miles Away?
The loop is Em – D – Em – D (ii – I – ii – I) in D major, and the song ends on C – G – D.
What key is 1000 Miles Away in?
D major, at about 112 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in 1000 Miles Away?
Lazy seesaw: root–fifth 1-5-5, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is 1000 Miles Away 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.