Piano chords · Old-time stride
Broken-Hearted Girl: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Beyoncé Knowles, Tor Erik Hermansen & others
- F major
- 4/4
- 84 BPM
- vi–IV–I–V loop
- 2008
- Medium
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 Broken-Hearted Girl without reading music. The left hand plays oom-pah (bass + chords) and the right hand ticking clock.
Broken-Hearted Girl accompaniment in letter notes
The Dm – Bb – F – C loop with oom-pah in the left hand and ticking clock in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.
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 Broken-Hearted Girl
What are the letter notes for the Broken-Hearted Girl 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 – Bb – F – C, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Broken-Hearted Girl?
The loop is Dm – Bb – F – C (vi – IV – I – V) in F major, and the song ends on C – Bb – F.
What key is Broken-Hearted Girl in?
F major, at about 84 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Broken-Hearted Girl?
Oom-pah: bass + chords, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Broken-Hearted Girl 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.