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Chasing Pavements: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Adele
- Eb major
- 4/4
- 80 BPM
- 2007
- 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 Chasing Pavements without reading music. The left hand plays lazy footsteps (root bass · 1 · 3 · 4) and the right hand ticking clock.
The catchy part of Chasing Pavements 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.
Chasing Pavements accompaniment in letter notes
The Abmaj7 – Gm – Cm – Fm7 – Abmaj7 – Abmaj7 – Gm7 – G7 loop with lazy footsteps 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 Chasing Pavements
What are the letter notes for the Chasing Pavements 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 Abmaj7 – Gm – Cm – Fm7 – Abmaj7 – Abmaj7 – Gm7 – G7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Chasing Pavements?
The loop is Abmaj7 – Gm – Cm – Fm7 – Abmaj7 – Abmaj7 – Gm7 – G7 (IVmaj7 – iii – vi – ii7 – IVmaj7 – iii7 – III7 – IVmaj7) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Eb.
What key is Chasing Pavements in?
Eb major, at about 80 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Chasing Pavements?
Lazy footsteps: root bass · 1 · 3 · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Chasing Pavements 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 Chasing Pavements?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the catchy part of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from 3 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.