Piano chords · Pop heartbeat
Cheer Up!: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Ian Axel & Chad Vaccarino
- Ab major
- 4/4
- 125 BPM
- 2014
- Easy
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 Cheer Up! without reading music. The left hand plays pop heartbeat (root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3)) and the right hand hand-clap chords.
Cheer Up! accompaniment in letter notes
The Db – Ab – Eb – Eb7 loop with pop heartbeat in the left hand and hand-clap 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 Cheer Up!
What are the letter notes for the Cheer Up! 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 Db – Ab – Eb – Eb7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Cheer Up!?
The loop is Db – Ab – Eb – Eb7 (IV – I – V – V7) in Ab major, and the song ends on Fm – Db – Ab.
What key is Cheer Up! in?
Ab major, at about 125 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Cheer Up!?
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 Cheer Up! 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.