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Dancing With A Stranger: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Sam Smith & Normani

  • F minor
  • 4/4
  • 104 BPM
  • 2018
  • Easy
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Left hand Walking rootsRight hand Swing pushChords 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 Dancing With A Stranger without reading music. The left hand plays walking roots (root bass · quarters) and the right hand swing push.

Dancing With A Stranger accompaniment in letter notes

The Fm – Absus4 – Db – Eb loop with walking roots in the left hand and swing push in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Fm
RC5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5
LF2 F2 F3 F3
Bar 2
Absus4
REb5+Ab5+Db6 Eb5+Ab5+Db6 Eb5+Ab5+Db6
LAb2 Ab2 Ab3 Ab3
Bar 3
Db
RAb4+Db5+F5 Ab4+Db5+F5 Ab4+Db5+F5
LDb3 Db3 Db4 Db4
Bar 4
Eb
RBb4+Eb5+G5 Bb4+Eb5+G5 Bb4+Eb5+G5 Eb4 F4 G4 Ab4 Bb4 C5 Db5 Eb5
LEb2 Eb2 Eb3 Eb3
Bar 5
Fm
RC5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5
LF2 F2 F3 F3
Bar 6
Absus4
REb5+Ab5+Db6 Eb5+Ab5+Db6 Eb5+Ab5+Db6
LAb2 Ab2 Ab3 Ab3
Bar 7
Db
RAb4+Db5+F5 Ab4+Db5+F5 Ab4+Db5+F5
LDb3 Db3 Db4 Db4
Bar 8
Eb
RBb4+Eb5+G5 Bb4+Eb5+G5 Bb4+Eb5+G5
LEb2 Eb2 Eb3 Eb3

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 Dancing With A Stranger

What are the letter notes for the Dancing With A Stranger 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 Fm – Absus4 – Db – Eb, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Dancing With A Stranger?

The loop is Fm – Absus4 – Db – Eb (i – bIIIsus – bVI – bVII5) in F minor, and the song ends on Db – Eb – Fm.

What key is Dancing With A Stranger in?

F minor, at about 104 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Dancing With A Stranger?

Walking roots: root bass · quarters, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Dancing With A Stranger 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.