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Deja Vu: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Katy Perry

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Left hand Dawdling footstepsThe right hand sings the tuneChords 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 Deja Vu without reading music. The left hand plays dawdling footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 3& · 4), and the right hand sings the tune.

Deja Vu accompaniment in letter notes

The Em – Am – Em – Am loop with dawdling footsteps in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Em
RE4+G4+B4
LE2 E3 E2 E3
Bar 2
Am
RA3+C4+E4
LA2 A3 A2 A3
Bar 3
Em
RE4+G4+B4
LE2 E3 E2 E3
Bar 4
Am
RA3+C4+E4 D4 E4 F#4 G4 A4 B4 C5 D5
LA2 A3 A2 A3
Bar 5
Em
RE4+G4+B4
LE2 E3 E2 E3
Bar 6
Am
RA3+C4+E4
LA2 A3 A2 A3
Bar 7
Em
RE4+G4+B4
LE2 E3 E2 E3
Bar 8
Am
RA3+C4+E4
LA2 A3 A2 A3

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 Deja Vu

What are the letter notes for the Deja Vu 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 Em – Am – Em – Am, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Deja Vu?

The loop is Em – Am – Em – Am (i – iv – i – iv) in E minor, and the song ends on C – D – Em.

What key is Deja Vu in?

E minor, at about 120 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Deja Vu?

Dawdling footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3& · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Deja Vu 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.