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Darkness And Light: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By John Legend

  • C minor
  • 2/2
  • 120 BPM
  • 2016
  • Medium
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Left hand Power fifthsRight hand Eager chordsChords 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 Darkness And Light without reading music. The left hand plays power fifths (lh power fifths) and the right hand eager chords.

Darkness And Light accompaniment in letter notes

The Cm – Gm – Fm – Gm loop with power fifths in the left hand and eager chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Cm
RG4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5
LC3+G3 C3+G3 C3+G3 C3+G3 C4+G4 C4+G4 C4+G4 C4+G4
Bar 2
Gm
RD5+G5+Bb5 D5+G5+Bb5 D5+G5+Bb5 D5+G5+Bb5 D5+G5+Bb5
LG2+D3 G2+D3 G2+D3 G2+D3 G3+D4 G3+D4 G3+D4 G3+D4
Bar 3
Fm
RC5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5
LF2+C3 F2+C3 F2+C3 F2+C3 F3+C4 F3+C4 F3+C4 F3+C4
Bar 4
Gm
RD5+G5+Bb5 D5+G5+Bb5 D5+G5+Bb5 Bb6 G6 D6 Bb5 G5 F#5 F5 E5
LG2+D3 G2+D3 G2+D3 G2+D3 G3+D4 G3+D4 G3+D4 G3+D4
Bar 5
Cm
RG4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5 G4+C5+Eb5
LC3+G3 C3+G3 C3+G3 C3+G3 C4+G4 C4+G4 C4+G4 C4+G4
Bar 6
Gm
RD5+G5+Bb5 D5+G5+Bb5 D5+G5+Bb5 D5+G5+Bb5 D5+G5+Bb5
LG2+D3 G2+D3 G2+D3 G2+D3 G3+D4 G3+D4 G3+D4 G3+D4
Bar 7
Fm
RC5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5 C5+F5+Ab5
LF2+C3 F2+C3 F2+C3 F2+C3 F3+C4 F3+C4 F3+C4 F3+C4
Bar 8
Gm
RD5+G5+Bb5 D5+G5+Bb5 D5+G5+Bb5 D5+G5+Bb5 D5+G5+Bb5
LG2+D3 G2+D3 G2+D3 G2+D3 G3+D4 G3+D4 G3+D4 G3+D4

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 Darkness And Light

What are the letter notes for the Darkness And Light 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 Cm – Gm – Fm – Gm, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Darkness And Light?

The loop is Cm – Gm – Fm – Gm (i – v – iv – v) in C minor, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Cm.

What key is Darkness And Light in?

C minor, at about 120 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in Darkness And Light?

Power fifths: lh power fifths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Darkness And Light 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.