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A Horse With No Name: piano accompaniment sheet music
By America
- B minor
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- 1972
- Medium
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A Horse With No Name written out as piano music: the I7 – iv – I7 – iv loop in B minor for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays giant steps (lh chords) and the right hand ticking clock.
A Horse With No Name chord chart
The loop once round, bar by bar, in B minor. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.
| Bar | Chord | Numeral | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B7 | I7 | B D# F# A |
| 2 | Em | iv | E G B |
| 3 | B7 | I7 | B D# F# A |
| 4 | Em | iv | E G B |
What the sheet music shows
The grand staff: the right hand on the treble staff, the left hand on the bass staff, with the chord names above and a finger number on each note (1 is the thumb). It is the accompaniment: giant steps (lh chords) in the left hand and ticking clock in the right, over the B7 – Em – B7 – Em chords.
Press play and a cursor follows the music. Above it, Colours paints each note in its key’s colour and Note names writes its letter on its head.
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Questions about A Horse With No Name
Does the sheet music for A Horse With No Name have finger numbers?
Yes: every note of both hands has its finger number, 1 being the thumb. To read the notes alone, turn Fingers off above the music.
What chords are in A Horse With No Name?
The loop is B7 – Em – B7 – Em (I7 – iv – I7 – iv) in B minor, and the song ends on G – A – Bm.
What key is A Horse With No Name in?
B minor, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in A Horse With No Name?
Giant steps: lh chords, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is A Horse With No Name 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.