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Break Up In A Small Town: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Sam Hunt, Shane McAnally & others

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Left hand Pausing footstepsRight hand Wait-a-beat chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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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 Break Up In A Small Town without reading music. The left hand plays pausing footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 3) and the right hand wait-a-beat chords.

Break Up In A Small Town accompaniment in letter notes

The Fm – Db – Eb – Ab loop with pausing footsteps in the left hand and wait-a-beat chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Fm
RAb4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5+F5
LF2 F2 F3
Bar 2
Db
RF4+Ab4+Db5 F4+Ab4+Db5 F4+Ab4+Db5
LDb3 Db3 Db4
Bar 3
Eb
RG4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5
LEb2 Eb2 Eb3
Bar 4
Ab
RC5+Eb5+Ab5 Eb4 F4 G4 Ab4 Bb4 C5 Db5 Eb5
LAb2 Ab2 Ab3
Bar 5
Fm
RAb4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5+F5 Ab4+C5+F5
LF2 F2 F3
Bar 6
Db
RF4+Ab4+Db5 F4+Ab4+Db5 F4+Ab4+Db5
LDb3 Db3 Db4
Bar 7
Eb
RG4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5
LEb2 Eb2 Eb3
Bar 8
Ab
RC5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5
LAb2 Ab2 Ab3

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 Break Up In A Small Town

What are the letter notes for the Break Up In A Small Town 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 Fm – Db – Eb – Ab, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Break Up In A Small Town?

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

What key is Break Up In A Small Town in?

Ab major, at about 140 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in Break Up In A Small Town?

Pausing footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Break Up In A Small Town 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.