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Bitter Sweet Symphony: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By The Verve
- E major
- 4/4
- 92 BPM
- 1997
- 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 Bitter Sweet Symphony without reading music. The left hand plays racing heartbeat (root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3 · 3& · 4 · 4&) and the right hand push chords.
Bitter Sweet Symphony accompaniment in letter notes
The A – E – Bm – Asus4 loop with racing heartbeat in the left hand and push 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 Bitter Sweet Symphony
What are the letter notes for the Bitter Sweet Symphony 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 A – E – Bm – Asus4, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Bitter Sweet Symphony?
The loop is A – E – Bm – Asus4 (IV – I – v – IVsus) in E major, and the song ends on A – B – E.
What key is Bitter Sweet Symphony in?
E major, at about 92 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Bitter Sweet Symphony?
Racing heartbeat: root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3 · 3& · 4 · 4&, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Bitter Sweet Symphony 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.