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Black Heart: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

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Left hand Pop heartbeatRight hand Deep-breath chordsChords 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 Black Heart without reading music. The left hand plays pop heartbeat (root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3)) and the right hand deep-breath chords.

Black Heart accompaniment in letter notes

The Ab – Eb – Bbm – Db loop with pop heartbeat in the left hand and deep-breath 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 C5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5
LAb2 Ab2 Ab2
Bar 2
Eb
RG4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5
LEb2 Eb2 Eb2
Bar 3
Bbm
RDb4+F4+Bb4 Db4+F4+Bb4 Db4+F4+Bb4 Db4+F4+Bb4 Db4+F4+Bb4 Db4+F4+Bb4 Db4+F4+Bb4
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 4
Db
RF4+Ab4+Db5 F4+Ab4+Db5 F4+Ab4+Db5 Db4 Eb4 F4 G4 Ab4 Bb4 C5 Db5
LDb3 Db3 Db3
Bar 5
Ab
RC5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5
LAb2 Ab2 Ab2
Bar 6
Eb
RG4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5
LEb2 Eb2 Eb2
Bar 7
Bbm
RDb4+F4+Bb4 Db4+F4+Bb4 Db4+F4+Bb4 Db4+F4+Bb4 Db4+F4+Bb4 Db4+F4+Bb4 Db4+F4+Bb4
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 8
Db
RF4+Ab4+Db5 F4+Ab4+Db5 F4+Ab4+Db5 F4+Ab4+Db5 F4+Ab4+Db5 F4+Ab4+Db5 F4+Ab4+Db5
LDb3 Db3 Db3

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 Black Heart

What are the letter notes for the Black Heart 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 – Eb – Bbm – Db, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Black Heart?

The loop is Ab – Eb – Bbm – Db (I – V – ii – IV) in Ab major, and the song ends on Bbm – Db – Ab.

What key is Black Heart in?

Ab major, at about 110 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Black Heart?

Pop heartbeat: root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Black Heart 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.