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Every Rose Has Its Thorn: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

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Left hand Late-hop footstepsRight hand Fairy lightsChords 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 Every Rose Has Its Thorn without reading music. The left hand plays late-hop footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 3& · 4) and the right hand fairy lights.

Every Rose Has Its Thorn accompaniment in letter notes

The C – G – C – G loop with late-hop footsteps in the left hand and fairy lights in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
C
RG4+C5 E5 E5 E5 E5 E5 E5 E5 E5 E5 E5 E5 E5
LC3 C4 C3 C3 C4
Bar 2
G
RD5+G5 B5 B5 B5 B5 B5 B5 B5 B5 B5 B5 B5 B5
LG2 G3 G2 G2 G3
Bar 3
C
RG4+C5 E5 E5 E5 E5 E5 E5 E5 E5 E5 E5 E5 E5
LC3 C4 C3 C3 C4
Bar 4
G
RD5+G5 B5 B5 B5 B5 B5 B5 D4 E4 F#4 G4 A4 B4 C5 D5
LG2 G3 G2 G2 G3
Bar 5
C
RG4+C5 E5 E5 E5 E5 E5 E5 E5 E5 E5 E5 E5 E5
LC3 C4 C3 C3 C4
Bar 6
G
RD5+G5 B5 B5 B5 B5 B5 B5 B5 B5 B5 B5 B5 B5
LG2 G3 G2 G2 G3
Bar 7
C
RG4+C5 E5 E5 E5 E5 E5 E5 E5 E5 E5 E5 E5 E5
LC3 C4 C3 C3 C4
Bar 8
G
RD5+G5 B5 B5 B5 B5 B5 B5 B5 B5 B5 B5 B5 B5
LG2 G3 G2 G2 G3

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 Every Rose Has Its Thorn

What are the letter notes for the Every Rose Has Its Thorn 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 C – G – C – G, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Every Rose Has Its Thorn?

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

What key is Every Rose Has Its Thorn in?

G major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Every Rose Has Its Thorn?

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

Is Every Rose Has Its Thorn 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.