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Beautiful: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Christina Aguilera & Beverly McClellan

  • Eb major
  • 4/4
  • 74 BPM
  • 2002
  • Medium
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Left hand Engine 8thsRight hand Steady chordsChords from the chord symbols in the score

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 Beautiful without reading music. The left hand plays engine 8ths (root bass · 8ths) and the right hand steady chords.

The catchy part of Beautiful 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.

Bar 1
Ab
RAb3+C4+Eb4 Eb3 Ab3+C4+Eb4 Eb3 Ab3+C4+Eb4 Eb3 Ab3+C4+Eb4 G3+Bb3
LAb2 Ab2 G2
Bar 2
Fm7
RAb3+C4+Eb4 Ab3 C4+Eb4 Ab3 C4+Eb4 Ab3 C4+F4 F3
LF2 F2
Bar 3
Eb
REb4+G4 Bb3 Eb4+G4 Bb3 Eb4+G4 Bb3 Eb4+G4 Bb3
LEb2 Eb2 Db2 Db2
Bar 4
Cm
RC4+Eb4 G3 C4+Eb4 G3 C4+Eb4 G3 F4 G3
LC2 C2 C2

Beautiful accompaniment in letter notes

The Ab – Fm7 – Eb – Cm loop with engine 8ths in the left hand and steady chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Ab
RC5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5
LAb2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2
Bar 2
Fm7
RAb4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5+F5
LF2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2
Bar 3
Eb
RG4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5
LEb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2
Bar 4
Cm
REb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4+C5 C7 G6 Eb6 C6 G5 F#5 F5 E5
LC3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3
Bar 5
Ab
RC5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5
LAb2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2
Bar 6
Fm7
RAb4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5+F5
LF2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2
Bar 7
Eb
RG4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5
LEb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2
Bar 8
Cm
REb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4+C5
LC3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3

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 Beautiful

What are the letter notes for the Beautiful 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 Ab – Fm7 – Eb – Cm, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Beautiful?

The loop is Ab – Fm7 – Eb – Cm (IV – ii7 – I – vi) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Eb.

What key is Beautiful in?

Eb major, at about 74 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Beautiful?

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

Is Beautiful 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 Beautiful?

Yes: "The part you know" plays the catchy part 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.