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Brothers Under the Sun: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Bryan Adams, Steve Jablonsky & others

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Left hand Cradle pulseThe right hand sings the tuneChords the loop the song repeats most

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 Brothers Under the Sun without reading music. The left hand plays cradle pulse (root bass · 1 · 2 · 2.3 (6/8)), and the right hand sings the tune.

Brothers Under the Sun accompaniment in letter notes

The Am – F – Am – F loop with cradle pulse in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Am
RA3+C4+E4
LA2 A3 A2
Bar 2
F
RF4+A4+C5
LF2 F3 F2
Bar 3
Am
RA3+C4+E4
LA2 A3 A2
Bar 4
F
RF4+A4+C5 F4 A4 C5 F5 A5 C6
LF2 F3 F2
Bar 5
Am
RA3+C4+E4
LA2 A3 A2
Bar 6
F
RF4+A4+C5
LF2 F3 F2
Bar 7
Am
RA3+C4+E4
LA2 A3 A2
Bar 8
F
RF4+A4+C5
LF2 F3 F2

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 Brothers Under the Sun

What are the letter notes for the Brothers Under the Sun 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 Am – F – Am – F, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Brothers Under the Sun?

The loop is Am – F – Am – F (vi – IV – vi – IV) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.

What key is Brothers Under the Sun in?

C major, at about 75 beats a minute in 6/8.

What does the left hand play in Brothers Under the Sun?

Cradle pulse: root bass · 1 · 2 · 2.3 (6/8), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Brothers Under the Sun 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.