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Fight Song: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Rachel Platten

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Left hand Hiccup heartbeatRight hand Drip-drop slideChords the loop the song repeats most

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 Fight Song without reading music. The left hand plays hiccup heartbeat (root bass · 1 · 2 · 2a · 3& · 4) and the right hand drip-drop slide.

Fight Song accompaniment in letter notes

The C – G – D – Em loop with hiccup heartbeat in the left hand and drip-drop slide in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
C
RC5 C5 C5 C5 Bb4 Bb4
LC3 C4 C3 C3 C4
Bar 2
G
RG5 G5 G5 G5 F5 F5
LG2 G3 G2 G2 G3
Bar 3
D
RD5 D5 D5 D5 C5 C5
LD2 D3 D2 D2 D3
Bar 4
Em
RE5 E5 E5 D4 E4 F#4 G4 A4 B4 C5 D5
LE2 E3 E2 E2 E3
Bar 5
C
RC5 C5 C5 C5 Bb4 Bb4
LC3 C4 C3 C3 C4
Bar 6
G
RG5 G5 G5 G5 F5 F5
LG2 G3 G2 G2 G3
Bar 7
D
RD5 D5 D5 D5 C5 C5
LD2 D3 D2 D2 D3
Bar 8
Em
RE5 E5 E5 E5 D5 D5
LE2 E3 E2 E2 E3

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 Fight Song

What are the letter notes for the Fight Song 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 – D – Em, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Fight Song?

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

What key is Fight Song in?

G major, at about 90 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Fight Song?

Hiccup heartbeat: root bass · 1 · 2 · 2a · 3& · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Fight Song 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.