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Close Every Door: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Andrew Lloyd Webber

  • Ab major
  • 3/4
  • 105 BPM
  • Medium
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Left hand Moon River rollRight hand Waltz chordsChords from the chord symbols in the score

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 Close Every Door without reading music. The left hand plays moon river roll (open arpeggio 1-5-10 (3/4)) and the right hand waltz chords.

The repeating figure of Close Every Door 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.

Bar 1
C7
RG4+Bb4 G4+Bb4 Db4 C4+G4+Bb4 Db4
LC3
Bar 2
Fm
RC4+F4+Ab4 F4+Ab4 F4+Ab4 F4+Ab4
LF2 B2
Bar 3
C7
RE4+Bb4 E4+Bb4 Db4 C4+E4+Bb4 Db4
LC3 C3
Bar 4
Fm
RAb3+C4+C4 F4 Ab4 C5 Ab4+C5+F5
LF2+C3 Eb3

Close Every Door accompaniment in letter notes

The C7 – Fm – C7 – Fm loop with moon river roll in the left hand and waltz chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
C7
RC4+E4+G4 C4+E4+G4 C4+E4+G4
LC3 G3 E4
Bar 2
Fm
RF4+Ab4+C5 F4+Ab4+C5 F4+Ab4+C5
LF2 C3 Ab3
Bar 3
C7
RC4+E4+G4 C4+E4+G4 C4+E4+G4
LC3 G3 E4
Bar 4
Fm
RF4+Ab4+C5 F4 Ab4 C5 F5 Ab5 C6 F6 Ab6
LF2 C3 Ab3
Bar 5
C7
RC4+E4+G4 C4+E4+G4 C4+E4+G4
LC3 G3 E4
Bar 6
Fm
RF4+Ab4+C5 F4+Ab4+C5 F4+Ab4+C5
LF2 C3 Ab3
Bar 7
C7
RC4+E4+G4 C4+E4+G4 C4+E4+G4
LC3 G3 E4
Bar 8
Fm
RF4+Ab4+C5 F4+Ab4+C5 F4+Ab4+C5
LF2 C3 Ab3

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 Close Every Door

What are the letter notes for the Close Every Door 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 C7 – Fm – C7 – Fm, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Close Every Door?

The loop is C7 – Fm – C7 – Fm (III7 – vi – III7 – vi) in Ab major, and the song ends on Db – Eb – Ab.

What key is Close Every Door in?

Ab major, at about 105 beats a minute in 3/4.

What does the left hand play in Close Every Door?

Moon River roll: open arpeggio 1-5-10 (3/4), a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Close Every Door 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.

Can I hear the real melody of Close Every Door?

Yes: "The part you know" plays the repeating figure of the song from a score, with both hands.

Made from 5 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.