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Because You Live: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
- E minor
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- bVI–bVII–i–bVI loop
- 2004
- 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 Because You Live without reading music. The left hand plays tiptoe heartbeat (root bass · 1 · 2& · 3& · 4&) and the right hand deep-breath chords.
Because You Live accompaniment in letter notes
The C – D – Em – C loop with tiptoe heartbeat in the left hand and deep-breath 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 Because You Live
What are the letter notes for the Because You Live 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 C – D – Em – C, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Because You Live?
The loop is C – D – Em – C (bVI – bVII – i – bVI) in E minor, and the song ends on C – D – Em.
What key is Because You Live in?
E minor, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Because You Live?
Tiptoe heartbeat: root bass · 1 · 2& · 3& · 4&, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Because You Live 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.