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After The Glitter Fades: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Stevie Nicks

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Left hand Lazy footstepsRight hand Drip-drop slideChords 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 After The Glitter Fades without reading music. The left hand plays lazy footsteps (root bass · 1 · 3 · 4) and the right hand drip-drop slide.

After The Glitter Fades accompaniment in letter notes

The D – E – A – D loop with lazy footsteps in the left hand and drip-drop slide in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
D
RD5 D5 D5 D5 C5 C5
LD2 D3 D2
Bar 2
E
RE5 E5 E5 E5 D5 D5
LE2 E3 E2
Bar 3
A
RA4 A4 A4 A4 G4 G4
LA2 A3 A2
Bar 4
D
RD5 D5 D5 C#4 D4 E4 F#4 G#4 A4 B4 C#5
LD2 D3 D2
Bar 5
D
RD5 D5 D5 D5 C5 C5
LD2 D3 D2
Bar 6
E
RE5 E5 E5 E5 D5 D5
LE2 E3 E2
Bar 7
A
RA4 A4 A4 A4 G4 G4
LA2 A3 A2
Bar 8
D
RD5 D5 D5 D5 C5 C5
LD2 D3 D2

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 The Glitter Fades

What are the letter notes for the After The Glitter Fades 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 – E – A – D, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in After The Glitter Fades?

The loop is D – E – A – D (IV – V – I – IV) in A major, and the song ends on D – E – A.

What key is After The Glitter Fades in?

A major, at about 80 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in After The Glitter Fades?

Lazy footsteps: root bass · 1 · 3 · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is After The Glitter Fades 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.