Piano chords · Rock drive
Atlas: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Coldplay
- F# minor
- 4/4
- 138 BPM
- 2013
- Medium
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 Atlas without reading music. The left hand plays giant steps (lh chords) and the right hand rising chords.
The main tune of Atlas in letter notes
The real notes from a score, both hands, bar by bar. R is the right hand, L the left; C4 is middle C.
Atlas accompaniment in letter notes
The Bm – Bm – F# – F# loop with giant steps in the left hand and rising 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 Atlas
What are the letter notes for the Atlas 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 Bm – Bm – F# – F#, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Atlas?
The loop is Bm – Bm – F# – F# (iv – I – iv – I) in F# minor, and the song ends on D – E – F#m.
What key is Atlas in?
F# minor, at about 138 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Atlas?
Giant steps: lh chords, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Atlas 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.
Can I hear the real melody of Atlas?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the main tune of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from 3 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.