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Aura: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Stefani Germanotta, Anton Zaslavski & others

  • F major
  • 4/4
  • 130 BPM
  • 2013
  • Medium
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Left hand Engine 8thsRight hand Ticking clockChords 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 Aura without reading music. The left hand plays engine 8ths (root bass · 8ths) and the right hand ticking clock.

Aura accompaniment in letter notes

The Gb – F – Gb – Ebm loop with engine 8ths in the left hand and ticking clock in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Gb
RBb4+Db5 Db5 Db5 Db5 Db5 Db5 Db5
LGb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2
Bar 2
F
RA4+C5 C5 C5 C5 C5 C5 C5
LF2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2
Bar 3
Gb
RBb4+Db5 Db5 Db5 Db5 Db5 Db5 Db5
LGb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2
Bar 4
Ebm
RGb4+Bb4 Bb4 Bb4 Eb7 Bb6 Gb6 Eb6 Bb5 A5 Ab5 G5
LEb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2
Bar 5
Gb
RBb4+Db5 Db5 Db5 Db5 Db5 Db5 Db5
LGb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2
Bar 6
F
RA4+C5 C5 C5 C5 C5 C5 C5
LF2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2
Bar 7
Gb
RBb4+Db5 Db5 Db5 Db5 Db5 Db5 Db5
LGb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2
Bar 8
Ebm
RGb4+Bb4 Bb4 Bb4 Bb4 Bb4 Bb4 Bb4
LEb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2

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 Aura

What are the letter notes for the Aura 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 Gb – F – Gb – Ebm, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Aura?

The loop is Gb – F – Gb – Ebm (bII – I – bII – bvii) in F major, and the song ends on Bb – C – F.

What key is Aura in?

F major, at about 130 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Aura?

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

Is Aura 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.