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4 Broken Hearts: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Norah Jones & Brian Burton
- D minor
- 4/4
- 66 BPM
- 2012
- 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 4 Broken Hearts without reading music. The left hand plays pausing footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 3) and the right hand late-knock chords.
4 Broken Hearts accompaniment in letter notes
The G – Dm – Am – G loop with pausing footsteps in the left hand and late-knock chords 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 4 Broken Hearts
What are the letter notes for the 4 Broken Hearts 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 G – Dm – Am – G, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in 4 Broken Hearts?
The loop is G – Dm – Am – G (IV – i – v – IV) in D minor, and the song ends on Bb – C – Dm.
What key is 4 Broken Hearts in?
D minor, at about 66 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in 4 Broken Hearts?
Pausing footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is 4 Broken Hearts 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.