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Bring Me To Life: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Evanescence

  • E minor
  • 4/4
  • 96 BPM
  • 2002
  • Medium
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Left hand Hop-skip heartbeatRight hand Ticking clockChords worked out from the notes of the famous part

Play the full song with sheet music

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 Bring Me To Life without reading music. The left hand plays hop-skip heartbeat (root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 3& · 4&) and the right hand ticking clock.

The main tune of Bring Me To Life in letter notes

The real notes from a score, both hands, bar by bar. R is the right hand, L the left; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Em
RB3+E4+B4 A4 B4 C5
LE2+B2+E3 E2+B2+E3 E2+B2+E3 E2+B2+E3 E2+B2+E3 E2+B2+E3 E2+B2+E3 E2+B2+E3 E2 E2
Bar 2
Em
RE4 E5 B4 E5
LE2+B2+E3 E2+B2+E3 E2+B2+E3 E2+B2+E3 E2+B2+E3 E2+B2+E3 E2+B2+E3 E2+B2+E3 E2+B2+E3 E2+B2+E3
Bar 3
Am
RE4+B4 A4 B4 C5
LE2+C3+E3 E2+C3+E3 E2+C3+E3 E2+C3+E3 E2+C3+E3 E2+C3+E3 E2+C3+E3 E2+C3+E3 E2 E2
Bar 4
Am
RE4+A4 E5 B4 E5
LE2+C3+E3 E2+C3+E3 E2+C3+E3 E2+C3+E3 E2+C3+E3 E2+C3+E3 E2+C3+E3 E2+C3+E3 E2+C3+E3 E2+C3+E3

Bring Me To Life accompaniment in letter notes

The Em – Em – Am – Am loop with hop-skip heartbeat in the left hand and ticking clock in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Em
RE4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4
LE2 E2 E2 E2 E2
Bar 2
Em
RE4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4
LE2 E2 E2 E2 E2
Bar 3
Am
RA3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3
LA2 A2 A2 A2 A2
Bar 4
Am
RA3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 D4 E4 F#4 G4 A4 B4 C5 D5
LA2 A2 A2 A2 A2
Bar 5
Em
RE4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4
LE2 E2 E2 E2 E2
Bar 6
Em
RE4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4
LE2 E2 E2 E2 E2
Bar 7
Am
RA3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3
LA2 A2 A2 A2 A2
Bar 8
Am
RA3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3
LA2 A2 A2 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 Bring Me To Life

What are the letter notes for the Bring Me To Life 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 Em – Em – Am – Am, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Bring Me To Life?

The loop is Em – Em – Am – Am (i – iv – i – iv) in E minor, and the song ends on C – D – Em.

What key is Bring Me To Life in?

E minor, at about 96 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Bring Me To Life?

Hop-skip heartbeat: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 3& · 4&, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Bring Me To Life 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.

Can I hear the real melody of Bring Me To Life?

Yes: "The part you know" plays the main tune of the song from a score, with both hands.

Made from 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.