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Don't Give Up Hope: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

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Left hand Bubbly heartbeatThe 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 Don't Give Up Hope without reading music. The left hand plays bubbly heartbeat (root bass · 1 · 2 · 2a · 3 · 3& · 4), and the right hand sings the tune.

Don't Give Up Hope accompaniment in letter notes

The A – D – Bm – A loop with bubbly heartbeat in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
A
RA3+C#4+E4
LA2 A3 A3 A2 A2 A3
Bar 2
D
RD4+F#4+A4
LD2 D3 D3 D2 D2 D3
Bar 3
Bm
RB3+D4+F#4
LB2 B3 B3 B2 B2 B3
Bar 4
A
RA3+C#4+E4 D4 E4 F#4 G#4 A4 B4 C#5 D5
LA2 A3 A3 A2 A2 A3
Bar 5
A
RA3+C#4+E4
LA2 A3 A3 A2 A2 A3
Bar 6
D
RD4+F#4+A4
LD2 D3 D3 D2 D2 D3
Bar 7
Bm
RB3+D4+F#4
LB2 B3 B3 B2 B2 B3
Bar 8
A
RA3+C#4+E4
LA2 A3 A3 A2 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 Don't Give Up Hope

What are the letter notes for the Don't Give Up Hope 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 A – D – Bm – A, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Don't Give Up Hope?

The loop is A – D – Bm – A (I – IV – ii – I) in A major, and the song ends on G – D – A.

What key is Don't Give Up Hope in?

A major, at about 84 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Don't Give Up Hope?

Bubbly heartbeat: root bass · 1 · 2 · 2a · 3 · 3& · 4, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Don't Give Up Hope 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.