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Anything But Lonely: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Andrew Lloyd Webber

  • Bb major
  • 4/4
  • 75 BPM
  • 1988
  • Easy
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Left hand Push and landRight hand Steady 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 Anything But Lonely without reading music. The left hand plays push and land (root bass · 1 · 2& · 3 · 4) and the right hand steady chords.

Anything But Lonely accompaniment in letter notes

The Bb – Bb7 – Gm – Bb loop with push and land in the left hand and steady chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Bb
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 2
Bb7
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 3
Gm
RBb4+D5+G5 Bb4+D5+G5 Bb4+D5+G5 Bb4+D5+G5
LG2 G2 G2 G2
Bar 4
Bb
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 Eb4 F4 G4 A4 Bb4 C5 D5 Eb5
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 5
Bb
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 6
Bb7
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 7
Gm
RBb4+D5+G5 Bb4+D5+G5 Bb4+D5+G5 Bb4+D5+G5
LG2 G2 G2 G2
Bar 8
Bb
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2

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 Anything But Lonely

What are the letter notes for the Anything But Lonely 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 – Bb7 – Gm – Bb, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Anything But Lonely?

The loop is Bb – Bb7 – Gm – Bb (I – I7 – vi – I) in Bb major, and the song ends on Bb – F7 – Bb.

What key is Anything But Lonely in?

Bb major, at about 75 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Anything But Lonely?

Push and land: root bass · 1 · 2& · 3 · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Anything But Lonely 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 one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.