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Eyes Wide Open: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Ashlee Simpson

  • C minor
  • 4/4
  • 120 BPM
  • 2005
  • Medium
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Left hand Engine 8thsRight hand Push chordsChords 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 Eyes Wide Open without reading music. The left hand plays engine 8ths (root bass · 8ths) and the right hand push chords.

Eyes Wide Open accompaniment in letter notes

The Bb – C – Eb – Bb loop with engine 8ths in the left hand and push chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Bb
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 2
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3
Bar 3
Eb
RG4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5
LEb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2
Bar 4
Bb
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 Bb6 F6 D6 Bb5 A5 Ab5 G5 Gb5
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 5
Bb
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 6
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3
Bar 7
Eb
RG4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5
LEb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2
Bar 8
Bb
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2

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 Eyes Wide Open

What are the letter notes for the Eyes Wide Open 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 Bb – C – Eb – Bb, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Eyes Wide Open?

The loop is Bb – C – Eb – Bb (bVII5 – I5 – bIII5 – bVII5) in C minor, and the song ends on Bb – F – C.

What key is Eyes Wide Open in?

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

What does the left hand play in Eyes Wide Open?

Engine 8ths: root bass · 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Eyes Wide Open 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.