Piano chords · Pop heartbeat
By My Side: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Jay Hamburger & Peggy Gordon
- D minor
- 4/4
- 112 BPM
- 1971
- 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 By My Side without reading music. The left hand plays pop heartbeat (root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3)) and the right hand rising light.
By My Side accompaniment in letter notes
The Dm – C – Am – Dm loop with pop heartbeat in the left hand and rising light 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.
Questions about By My Side
What are the letter notes for the By My Side 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 – C – Am – Dm, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in By My Side?
The loop is Dm – C – Am – Dm (i – bVII – v – i) in D minor, and the song ends on Bb – C – Dm.
What key is By My Side in?
D minor, at about 112 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in By My Side?
Pop heartbeat: root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is By My Side 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.