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Blame It On Me: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By George Ezra

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Left hand Stride jumpsThe right hand sings the tuneChords 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 Blame It On Me without reading music. The left hand plays stride jumps (stride), and the right hand sings the tune.

Blame It On Me accompaniment in letter notes

The Ab – Eb – Ab – Eb loop with stride jumps in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Ab
RAb4+C5+Eb5
LAb2 Eb3+Ab3 Ab2 Eb3+Ab3
Bar 2
Eb
REb4+G4+Bb4
LEb2 Bb2+Eb3 Eb2 Bb2+Eb3
Bar 3
Ab
RAb4+C5+Eb5
LAb2 Eb3+Ab3 Ab2 Eb3+Ab3
Bar 4
Eb
REb4+G4+Bb4 Bb6 G6 Eb6 Bb5 G5 Gb5 F5 Fb5
LEb2 Bb2+Eb3 Eb2 Bb2+Eb3
Bar 5
Ab
RAb4+C5+Eb5
LAb2 Eb3+Ab3 Ab2 Eb3+Ab3
Bar 6
Eb
REb4+G4+Bb4
LEb2 Bb2+Eb3 Eb2 Bb2+Eb3
Bar 7
Ab
RAb4+C5+Eb5
LAb2 Eb3+Ab3 Ab2 Eb3+Ab3
Bar 8
Eb
REb4+G4+Bb4
LEb2 Bb2+Eb3 Eb2 Bb2+Eb3

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 Blame It On Me

What are the letter notes for the Blame It On Me 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 – Ab – Eb, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Blame It On Me?

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

What key is Blame It On Me in?

Eb major, at about 104 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Blame It On Me?

Stride jumps: stride, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Blame It On Me easy to play on piano?

Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 4 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.

Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.