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Everybody Wants To Rule The World: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Tears For Fears
- D major
- 12/8
- 160 BPM
- 1985
- Medium
Play the full song with sheet music
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 Everybody Wants To Rule The World without reading music. The left hand plays swelling 6/8 (open arpeggio 1-5-8-10-8-5 (6/8)), and the right hand sings the tune.
The main tune of Everybody Wants To Rule The World in letter notes
The real notes from a score, both hands, bar by bar. R is the right hand, L the left; C4 is middle C.
Everybody Wants To Rule The World accompaniment in letter notes
The Em – F#m – G – A – D loop with swelling 6/8 in the left hand. 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.
Questions about Everybody Wants To Rule The World
What are the letter notes for the Everybody Wants To Rule The World 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 – F#m – G – A – D, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Everybody Wants To Rule The World?
The loop is Em – F#m – G – A – D (ii – iii – IV – V – I) in D major, and the song ends on G – A – D.
What key is Everybody Wants To Rule The World in?
D major, at about 160 beats a minute in 12/8.
What does the left hand play in Everybody Wants To Rule The World?
Swelling 6/8: open arpeggio 1-5-8-10-8-5 (6/8), a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Everybody Wants To Rule The World easy to play on piano?
It is a medium one: learn the 5 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.
Can I hear the real melody of Everybody Wants To Rule The World?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the main tune of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.