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Angel Eyes: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

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Left hand Engine 8thsRight hand Jump-in chordsChords 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 Angel Eyes without reading music. The left hand plays engine 8ths (root bass · 8ths) and the right hand jump-in chords.

Angel Eyes accompaniment in letter notes

The Db – Ab – Eb – Ab loop with engine 8ths in the left hand and jump-in chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Db
RAb4+Db5 Ab4+Db5 Ab4+Db5 Ab4+Db5 Ab4+Db5 Ab4+Db5
LDb3 Db3 Db3 Db3 Db3 Db3 Db3 Db3
Bar 2
Ab
REb5+Ab5 Eb5+Ab5 Eb5+Ab5 Eb5+Ab5 Eb5+Ab5 Eb5+Ab5
LAb2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2
Bar 3
Eb
RBb4+Eb5 Bb4+Eb5 Bb4+Eb5 Bb4+Eb5 Bb4+Eb5 Bb4+Eb5
LEb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2
Bar 4
Ab
REb5+Ab5 Eb5+Ab5 Eb5+Ab5 C7 Ab6 Eb6 C6 Bbb5 Ab5 G5 Gb5
LAb2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2
Bar 5
Db
RAb4+Db5 Ab4+Db5 Ab4+Db5 Ab4+Db5 Ab4+Db5 Ab4+Db5
LDb3 Db3 Db3 Db3 Db3 Db3 Db3 Db3
Bar 6
Ab
REb5+Ab5 Eb5+Ab5 Eb5+Ab5 Eb5+Ab5 Eb5+Ab5 Eb5+Ab5
LAb2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2
Bar 7
Eb
RBb4+Eb5 Bb4+Eb5 Bb4+Eb5 Bb4+Eb5 Bb4+Eb5 Bb4+Eb5
LEb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2
Bar 8
Ab
REb5+Ab5 Eb5+Ab5 Eb5+Ab5 Eb5+Ab5 Eb5+Ab5 Eb5+Ab5
LAb2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2

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 Angel Eyes

What are the letter notes for the Angel Eyes 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 Db – Ab – Eb – Ab, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Angel Eyes?

The loop is Db – Ab – Eb – Ab (IV – I – V – I) in Ab major, and the song ends on Ab – Eb – Ab.

What key is Angel Eyes in?

Ab major, at about 110 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Angel Eyes?

Engine 8ths: root bass · 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Angel Eyes 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.