Piano chords · Rock drive
A Girl Before: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Duncan Sheik
- F# major
- 4/4
- 60 BPM
- 2016
- Easy
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 A Girl Before without reading music. The left hand plays giant steps (lh chords) and the right hand wait-a-beat chords.
A Girl Before accompaniment in letter notes
The B – A#m – C# – G#m loop with giant steps in the left hand and wait-a-beat 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 A Girl Before
What are the letter notes for the A Girl Before 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 B – A#m – C# – G#m, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in A Girl Before?
The loop is B – A#m – C# – G#m (IV – iii – V – ii) in F# major, and the song ends on B – C# – F#.
What key is A Girl Before in?
F# major, at about 60 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in A Girl Before?
Giant steps: lh chords, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is A Girl Before 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.