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After Hours (The Antidote): easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Ronald Les Albert Simpson
- C# minor
- 2/2
- 160 BPM
- i–IV–i–IV loop
- 1992
- Easy
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 After Hours (The Antidote) without reading music. The left hand plays hopscotch steps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 4) and the right hand freeze-tag chords.
After Hours (The Antidote) accompaniment in letter notes
The C#m – F# – C#m – F# loop with hopscotch steps in the left hand and freeze-tag 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 After Hours (The Antidote)
What are the letter notes for the After Hours (The Antidote) 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#m – F# – C#m – F#, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in After Hours (The Antidote)?
The loop is C#m – F# – C#m – F# (i – IV – i – IV) in C# minor, and the song ends on A – B – C#m.
What key is After Hours (The Antidote) in?
C# minor, at about 160 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in After Hours (The Antidote)?
Hopscotch steps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is After Hours (The Antidote) 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.