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Cement: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

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Left hand Engine 8thsRight hand Ticking clockChords the loop the song repeats most

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 Cement without reading music. The left hand plays engine 8ths (root bass · 8ths) and the right hand ticking clock.

Cement accompaniment in letter notes

The Em – G – Em – G loop with engine 8ths 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
LE2 E2 E2 E2 E2 E2 E2 E2
Bar 2
G
RG4 G4 G4 G4 G4 G4 G4 G4
LG2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2
Bar 3
Em
RE4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4
LE2 E2 E2 E2 E2 E2 E2 E2
Bar 4
G
RG4 G4 G4 G4 B6 G6 D6 B5 Ab5 G5 F#5 F5
LG2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2
Bar 5
Em
RE4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4
LE2 E2 E2 E2 E2 E2 E2 E2
Bar 6
G
RG4 G4 G4 G4 G4 G4 G4 G4
LG2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2
Bar 7
Em
RE4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4 E4
LE2 E2 E2 E2 E2 E2 E2 E2
Bar 8
G
RG4 G4 G4 G4 G4 G4 G4 G4
LG2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2

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 Cement

What are the letter notes for the Cement 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 – G – Em – G, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Cement?

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

What key is Cement in?

E minor, at about 130 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Cement?

Engine 8ths: root bass · 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Cement 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.