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Bloodline: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Ariana Grande

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Left hand Island pulseRight hand Ticking clockChords 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 Bloodline without reading music. The left hand plays island pulse (root bass · tresillo 3-3-2) and the right hand ticking clock.

Bloodline accompaniment in letter notes

The Dm – Am – Dm – Am loop with island pulse in the left hand and ticking clock in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Dm
RD4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4
LD2 D2 D2
Bar 2
Am
RA3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3
LA2 A2 A2
Bar 3
Dm
RD4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4
LD2 D2 D2
Bar 4
Am
RA3 A3 A3 A3 E4 F4 G4 A4 Bb4 C5 D5 E5
LA2 A2 A2
Bar 5
Dm
RD4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4
LD2 D2 D2
Bar 6
Am
RA3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3
LA2 A2 A2
Bar 7
Dm
RD4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4
LD2 D2 D2
Bar 8
Am
RA3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3
LA2 A2 A2

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 Bloodline

What are the letter notes for the Bloodline 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 Dm – Am – Dm – Am, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Bloodline?

The loop is Dm – Am – Dm – Am (i – v – i – v) in D minor, and the song ends on Bb – C – Dm.

What key is Bloodline in?

D minor, at about 150 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in Bloodline?

Island pulse: root bass · tresillo 3-3-2, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Bloodline 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.