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A Hard Day's Night: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By The Beatles
- C major
- 4/4
- 126 BPM
- 1964
- 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 A Hard Day's Night without reading music. The left hand plays drowsy heartbeat (root bass · 1 · 3 · 4&) and the right hand wake-and-run chords.
The main tune of A Hard Day's Night in letter notes
The real notes from a score, both hands, bar by bar. R is the right hand, L the left; C4 is middle C.
A Hard Day's Night accompaniment in letter notes
The C7 – Am7 – Em7 – G7 – C7 – Gm – C loop with drowsy heartbeat in the left hand and wake-and-run 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 Hard Day's Night
What are the letter notes for the A Hard Day's Night 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 C7 – Am7 – Em7 – G7 – C7 – Gm – C, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in A Hard Day's Night?
The loop is C7 – Am7 – Em7 – G7 – C7 – Gm – C (I7 – vi7 – iii7 – V7 – I7 – v – I) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.
What key is A Hard Day's Night in?
C major, at about 126 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in A Hard Day's Night?
Drowsy heartbeat: root bass · 1 · 3 · 4&, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is A Hard Day's Night easy to play on piano?
Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 7 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.
Can I hear the real melody of A Hard Day's Night?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the main tune of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from 3 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.