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A Story Untold: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Leroy Griffin

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Left hand Slow-dance heartbeatThe right hand sings the tuneChords the loop the song repeats most

Play the full song with sheet music

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 Story Untold without reading music. The left hand plays slow-dance heartbeat (root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 (12/8)), and the right hand sings the tune.

A Story Untold accompaniment in letter notes

The Bb – Gm – Cm – F loop with slow-dance heartbeat in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Bb
RBb3+D4+F4
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 2
Gm
RG4+Bb4+D5
LG2 G2 G2 G2
Bar 3
Cm
RC4+Eb4+G4
LC3 C3 C3 C3
Bar 4
F
RF4+A4+C5 F4 A4 C5 F5 A5 C6 F6 A6 C7
LF2 F2 F2 F2
Bar 5
Bb
RBb3+D4+F4
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 6
Gm
RG4+Bb4+D5
LG2 G2 G2 G2
Bar 7
Cm
RC4+Eb4+G4
LC3 C3 C3 C3
Bar 8
F
RF4+A4+C5
LF2 F2 F2 F2

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 Story Untold

What are the letter notes for the A Story Untold 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 Bb – Gm – Cm – F, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in A Story Untold?

The loop is Bb – Gm – Cm – F (I – vi – ii – V) in Bb major, and the song ends on Cm – F7 – Bb.

What key is A Story Untold in?

Bb major, at about 75 beats a minute in 12/8.

What does the left hand play in A Story Untold?

Slow-dance heartbeat: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 (12/8), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is A Story Untold 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.