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Celebration: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Madonna
- D major
- 4/4
- 126 BPM
- 2009
- Medium
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 Celebration without reading music. The left hand plays drowsy heartbeat (root bass · 1 · 3 · 4&) and the right hand double island chords.
The intro of Celebration 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.
Celebration accompaniment in letter notes
The Em – A – Bm – Bm – G – A – Bm – Bm loop with drowsy heartbeat in the left hand and double island chords 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 Celebration
What are the letter notes for the Celebration 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 – A – Bm – Bm – G – A – Bm – Bm, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Celebration?
The loop is Em – A – Bm – Bm – G – A – Bm – Bm (ii – V – vi – IV – V – vi – ii – V) in D major, and the song ends on G – A – D.
What key is Celebration in?
D major, at about 126 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Celebration?
Drowsy heartbeat: root bass · 1 · 3 · 4&, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Celebration easy to play on piano?
It is a medium one: learn the 8 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.
Can I hear the real melody of Celebration?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the intro of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.