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A Place In The Sun: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Stevie Wonder

  • C major
  • 4/4
  • 120 BPM
  • Easy
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Left hand Three-step climbRight hand Soft chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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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 Place In The Sun without reading music. The left hand plays three-step climb (broken chord 1-5-8) and the right hand soft chords.

A Place In The Sun accompaniment in letter notes

The C – G – Am – F loop with three-step climb in the left hand and soft chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
C
RG4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5
LC3 G3 C4
Bar 2
G
RD5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5
LG2 D3 G3
Bar 3
Am
RE4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5
LA2 E3 A3
Bar 4
F
RC5+F5+A5 F4 A4 C5 F5 A5 C6 F6 A6
LF2 C3 F3
Bar 5
C
RG4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5 G4+C5+E5
LC3 G3 C4
Bar 6
G
RD5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5 D5+G5+B5
LG2 D3 G3
Bar 7
Am
RE4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5 E4+A4+C5
LA2 E3 A3
Bar 8
F
RC5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5 C5+F5+A5
LF2 C3 F3

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 Place In The Sun

What are the letter notes for the A Place In The Sun 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 C – G – Am – F, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in A Place In The Sun?

The loop is C – G – Am – F (I – V – vi – IV) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.

What key is A Place In The Sun in?

C major, at about 120 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in A Place In The Sun?

Three-step climb: broken chord 1-5-8, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is A Place In The Sun 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.