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Daylight: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Maroon 5
- D major
- 4/4
- 120 BPM
- vi–IV–I–vi loop
- 2012
- 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 Daylight without reading music. The left hand plays island pulse (root bass · tresillo 3-3-2) and the right hand deep-breath chords.
Daylight accompaniment in letter notes
The Bm – G – D – Bm loop with island pulse in the left hand and deep-breath 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 Daylight
What are the letter notes for the Daylight 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 Bm – G – D – Bm, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Daylight?
The loop is Bm – G – D – Bm (vi – IV – I – vi) in D major, and the song ends on Bm – G – D.
What key is Daylight in?
D major, at about 120 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Daylight?
Island pulse: root bass · tresillo 3-3-2, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Daylight 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.