Piano chords · Old-time stride
Faded: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Alan Walker
- D minor
- 4/4
- 90 BPM
- i–bVI–bIII–bVII loop
- 2015
- Medium
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 Faded without reading music. The left hand plays stride jumps (stride) and the right hand twinkle.
Faded accompaniment in letter notes
The Dm – Bb – F – C loop with stride jumps in the left hand and twinkle in the right. 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.
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Questions about Faded
What are the letter notes for the Faded 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 Dm – Bb – F – C, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Faded?
The loop is Dm – Bb – F – C (i – bVI – bIII – bVII) in D minor, and the song ends on Bb – C – Dm.
What key is Faded in?
D minor, at about 90 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Faded?
Stride jumps: stride, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Faded 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.