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A Matter Of Trust: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Billy Joel
- D major
- 4/4
- 120 BPM
- I–vi–I–vi loop
- 1986
- Medium
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 Matter Of Trust without reading music. The left hand plays late-hop footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 3& · 4) and the right hand pumping chords.
A Matter Of Trust accompaniment in letter notes
The D – Bm – D – Bm loop with late-hop footsteps in the left hand and pumping 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 Matter Of Trust
What are the letter notes for the A Matter Of Trust 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 D – Bm – D – Bm, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in A Matter Of Trust?
The loop is D – Bm – D – Bm (I – vi – I – vi) in D major, and the song ends on D – Bm – D.
What key is A Matter Of Trust in?
D major, at about 120 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in A Matter Of Trust?
Late-hop footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 3& · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is A Matter Of Trust 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.