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Above All: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Rebecca St. James

  • F major
  • 4/4
  • 90 BPM
  • 1999
  • Medium
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Left hand Bubbly heartbeatThe right hand sings the tuneChords 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 Above All without reading music. The left hand plays bubbly heartbeat (root bass · 1 · 2 · 2a · 3 · 3& · 4), and the right hand sings the tune.

Above All accompaniment in letter notes

The Bb – Csus4 – F – Bb loop with bubbly heartbeat in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Bb
RBb3+D4+F4
LBb2 Bb3 Bb3 Bb2 Bb2 Bb3
Bar 2
Csus4
RC4+F4+G4
LC3 C4 C4 C3 C3 C4
Bar 3
F
RF4+A4+C5
LF2 F3 F3 F2 F2 F3
Bar 4
Bb
RBb3+D4+F4 E4 F4 G4 A4 Bb4 C5 D5 E5
LBb2 Bb3 Bb3 Bb2 Bb2 Bb3
Bar 5
Bb
RBb3+D4+F4
LBb2 Bb3 Bb3 Bb2 Bb2 Bb3
Bar 6
Csus4
RC4+F4+G4
LC3 C4 C4 C3 C3 C4
Bar 7
F
RF4+A4+C5
LF2 F3 F3 F2 F2 F3
Bar 8
Bb
RBb3+D4+F4
LBb2 Bb3 Bb3 Bb2 Bb2 Bb3

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 Above All

What are the letter notes for the Above All 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 – Csus4 – F – Bb, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Above All?

The loop is Bb – Csus4 – F – Bb (IV5 – Vsus – I5 – IV5) in F major, and the song ends on Bb – C – F.

What key is Above All in?

F major, at about 90 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Above All?

Bubbly heartbeat: root bass · 1 · 2 · 2a · 3 · 3& · 4, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Above All 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 one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.