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Face To Face: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Gary Barlow

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Left hand Walking rootsRight hand Dance-floor 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 Face To Face without reading music. The left hand plays walking roots (root bass · quarters) and the right hand dance-floor chords.

Face To Face accompaniment in letter notes

The Db – Gb – Ebm – Ab loop with walking roots in the left hand and dance-floor chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Db
RDb4+Ab4+Db5 Db4+Ab4+Db5 Db4+Ab4+Db5 Db4+Ab4+Db5 Db4+Ab4+Db5
LDb3 Db3 Db4 Db4
Bar 2
Gb
RGb4+Db5+Gb5 Gb4+Db5+Gb5 Gb4+Db5+Gb5 Gb4+Db5+Gb5 Gb4+Db5+Gb5
LGb2 Gb2 Gb3 Gb3
Bar 3
Ebm
REb4+Bb4+Eb5 Eb4+Bb4+Eb5 Eb4+Bb4+Eb5 Eb4+Bb4+Eb5 Eb4+Bb4+Eb5
LEb2 Eb2 Eb3 Eb3
Bar 4
Ab
RAb4+Eb5+Ab5 Ab4+Eb5+Ab5 Ab4+Eb5+Ab5 Eb4 F4 Gb4 Ab4 Bb4 C5 Db5 Eb5
LAb2 Ab2 Ab3 Ab3
Bar 5
Db
RDb4+Ab4+Db5 Db4+Ab4+Db5 Db4+Ab4+Db5 Db4+Ab4+Db5 Db4+Ab4+Db5
LDb3 Db3 Db4 Db4
Bar 6
Gb
RGb4+Db5+Gb5 Gb4+Db5+Gb5 Gb4+Db5+Gb5 Gb4+Db5+Gb5 Gb4+Db5+Gb5
LGb2 Gb2 Gb3 Gb3
Bar 7
Ebm
REb4+Bb4+Eb5 Eb4+Bb4+Eb5 Eb4+Bb4+Eb5 Eb4+Bb4+Eb5 Eb4+Bb4+Eb5
LEb2 Eb2 Eb3 Eb3
Bar 8
Ab
RAb4+Eb5+Ab5 Ab4+Eb5+Ab5 Ab4+Eb5+Ab5 Ab4+Eb5+Ab5 Ab4+Eb5+Ab5
LAb2 Ab2 Ab3 Ab3

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 Face To Face

What are the letter notes for the Face To Face 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 Db – Gb – Ebm – Ab, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Face To Face?

The loop is Db – Gb – Ebm – Ab (I – IV – ii – V) in Db major, and the song ends on Ebm – Ab – Db.

What key is Face To Face in?

Db major, at about 110 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Face To Face?

Walking roots: root bass · quarters, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Face To Face easy to play on piano?

Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 4 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.

Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.