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A Lonely Night: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Abel Tesfaye, Anders Svensson & others

  • G minor
  • 4/4
  • 120 BPM
  • 2016
  • Easy
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Left hand Pop heartbeatRight hand Freeze-tag chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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 Lonely Night without reading music. The left hand plays pop heartbeat (root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3)) and the right hand freeze-tag chords.

A Lonely Night accompaniment in letter notes

The Gm – Eb – Dm – Gm loop with pop heartbeat in the left hand and freeze-tag chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Gm
RBb4+D5+G5 Bb4+D5+G5 Bb4+D5+G5
LG2 G2 G2
Bar 2
Eb
RG4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5
LEb2 Eb2 Eb2
Bar 3
Dm
RF4+A4+D5 F4+A4+D5 F4+A4+D5
LD2 D2 D2
Bar 4
Gm
RBb4+D5+G5 Bb4+D5+G5 Bb4+D5+G5 C4 D4 Eb4 F4 G4 A4 Bb4 C5
LG2 G2 G2
Bar 5
Gm
RBb4+D5+G5 Bb4+D5+G5 Bb4+D5+G5
LG2 G2 G2
Bar 6
Eb
RG4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5
LEb2 Eb2 Eb2
Bar 7
Dm
RF4+A4+D5 F4+A4+D5 F4+A4+D5
LD2 D2 D2
Bar 8
Gm
RBb4+D5+G5 Bb4+D5+G5 Bb4+D5+G5
LG2 G2 G2

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.

Questions about A Lonely Night

What are the letter notes for the A Lonely 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 Gm – Eb – Dm – Gm, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in A Lonely Night?

The loop is Gm – Eb – Dm – Gm (i – bVI – v – i) in G minor, and the song ends on Eb – F – Gm.

What key is A Lonely Night in?

G minor, at about 120 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in A Lonely Night?

Pop heartbeat: root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is A Lonely Night 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.