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Any Other Way: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Lindy Robbins, Jess Cates & others

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Left hand Heartbeat octavesRight hand Pumping chordsChords 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 Any Other Way without reading music. The left hand plays heartbeat octaves (rocking octaves) and the right hand pumping chords.

Any Other Way accompaniment in letter notes

The Gm – Cm – Gm – Cm loop with heartbeat octaves in the left hand and pumping chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Gm
RD5+G5+Bb5 D5+G5+Bb5 D5+G5+Bb5 D5+G5+Bb5 D5+G5+Bb5 D5+G5+Bb5 D5+G5+Bb5 D5+G5+Bb5
LG2 G3 G2 G3 G2 G3 G2 G3
Bar 2
Cm
RG4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5
LC3 C4 C3 C4 C3 C4 C3 C4
Bar 3
Gm
RD5+G5+Bb5 D5+G5+Bb5 D5+G5+Bb5 D5+G5+Bb5 D5+G5+Bb5 D5+G5+Bb5 D5+G5+Bb5 D5+G5+Bb5
LG2 G3 G2 G3 G2 G3 G2 G3
Bar 4
Cm
RG4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5 G6 Eb6 C6 G5 F#5 F5 E5 Eb5
LC3 C4 C3 C4 C3 C4 C3 C4
Bar 5
Gm
RD5+G5+Bb5 D5+G5+Bb5 D5+G5+Bb5 D5+G5+Bb5 D5+G5+Bb5 D5+G5+Bb5 D5+G5+Bb5 D5+G5+Bb5
LG2 G3 G2 G3 G2 G3 G2 G3
Bar 6
Cm
RG4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5
LC3 C4 C3 C4 C3 C4 C3 C4
Bar 7
Gm
RD5+G5+Bb5 D5+G5+Bb5 D5+G5+Bb5 D5+G5+Bb5 D5+G5+Bb5 D5+G5+Bb5 D5+G5+Bb5 D5+G5+Bb5
LG2 G3 G2 G3 G2 G3 G2 G3
Bar 8
Cm
RG4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5
LC3 C4 C3 C4 C3 C4 C3 C4

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 Any Other Way

What are the letter notes for the Any Other Way 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 Gm – Cm – Gm – Cm, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Any Other Way?

The loop is Gm – Cm – Gm – Cm (i – iv – i – iv) in G minor, and the song ends on Eb – F – Gm.

What key is Any Other Way in?

G minor, at about 110 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Any Other Way?

Heartbeat octaves: rocking octaves, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Any Other Way 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.