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Dream: piano accompaniment sheet music

Written by Daniel Reynolds, Daniel Sermon & others

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Dream written out as piano music: the i – bIII – bVI – i loop in C# minor for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays oom-pah (bass + chords) and the right hand pumping chords.

Dream chord chart

The loop once round, bar by bar, in C# minor. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.

BarChordNumeralNotes
1C#miC# E G#
2EIIIE G# B
3AVIA C# E
4C#miC# E G#

What the sheet music shows

The grand staff: the right hand on the treble staff, the left hand on the bass staff, with the chord names above and a finger number on each note (1 is the thumb). It is the accompaniment: oom-pah (bass + chords) in the left hand and pumping chords in the right, over the C#m – E – A – C#m chords.

Press play and a cursor follows the music. Above it, Colours paints each note in its key’s colour and Note names writes its letter on its head.

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Questions about Dream

Does the sheet music for Dream have finger numbers?

Yes: every note of both hands has its finger number, 1 being the thumb. To read the notes alone, turn Fingers off above the music.

What chords are in Dream?

The loop is C#m – E – A – C#m (i – bIII – bVI – i) in C# minor, and the song ends on A – B – C#m.

What key is Dream in?

C# minor, at about 72 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Dream?

Oom-pah: bass + chords, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Dream 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.