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Atmosphere: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Kaskade

  • C minor
  • 4/4
  • 122 BPM
  • 2013
  • Medium
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Left hand Heartbeat octavesRight hand Rocking thirdsChords 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 Atmosphere without reading music. The left hand plays heartbeat octaves (rocking octaves) and the right hand rocking thirds.

Atmosphere accompaniment in letter notes

The Eb – Bb – Cm – Eb loop with heartbeat octaves in the left hand and rocking thirds in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Eb
RG4 Bb4 G4 Bb4 G4 Bb4 G4 Bb4
LEb2 Eb3 Eb2 Eb3 Eb2 Eb3 Eb2 Eb3
Bar 2
Bb
RD4 F4 D4 F4 D4 F4 D4 F4
LBb2 Bb3 Bb2 Bb3 Bb2 Bb3 Bb2 Bb3
Bar 3
Cm
REb4 G4 Eb4 G4 Eb4 G4 Eb4 G4
LC3 C4 C3 C4 C3 C4 C3 C4
Bar 4
Eb
RG4 Bb4 G4 Bb4 Bb6 G6 Eb6 Bb5 G5 Gb5 F5 Fb5
LEb2 Eb3 Eb2 Eb3 Eb2 Eb3 Eb2 Eb3
Bar 5
Eb
RG4 Bb4 G4 Bb4 G4 Bb4 G4 Bb4
LEb2 Eb3 Eb2 Eb3 Eb2 Eb3 Eb2 Eb3
Bar 6
Bb
RD4 F4 D4 F4 D4 F4 D4 F4
LBb2 Bb3 Bb2 Bb3 Bb2 Bb3 Bb2 Bb3
Bar 7
Cm
REb4 G4 Eb4 G4 Eb4 G4 Eb4 G4
LC3 C4 C3 C4 C3 C4 C3 C4
Bar 8
Eb
RG4 Bb4 G4 Bb4 G4 Bb4 G4 Bb4
LEb2 Eb3 Eb2 Eb3 Eb2 Eb3 Eb2 Eb3

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 Atmosphere

What are the letter notes for the Atmosphere 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 Eb – Bb – Cm – Eb, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Atmosphere?

The loop is Eb – Bb – Cm – Eb (bIII – bVII – i – bIII) in C minor, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Cm.

What key is Atmosphere in?

C minor, at about 122 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Atmosphere?

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

Is Atmosphere 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.