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Finally Free: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Nichole Nordeman

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Left hand Spinning-top pulseRight hand Waltz 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 Finally Free without reading music. The left hand plays spinning-top pulse (root bass · 3/4 8ths) and the right hand waltz chords.

Finally Free accompaniment in letter notes

The Ab – Eb – Ab – Eb loop with spinning-top pulse in the left hand and waltz chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Ab
RAb4+C5+Eb5 Ab4+C5+Eb5 Ab4+C5+Eb5
LAb2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2
Bar 2
Eb
REb4+G4+Bb4 Eb4+G4+Bb4 Eb4+G4+Bb4
LEb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2
Bar 3
Ab
RAb4+C5+Eb5 Ab4+C5+Eb5 Ab4+C5+Eb5
LAb2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2
Bar 4
Eb
REb4+G4+Bb4 G4 Bb4 Eb5 G5 Bb5 Eb6 G6 Bb6
LEb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2
Bar 5
Ab
RAb4+C5+Eb5 Ab4+C5+Eb5 Ab4+C5+Eb5
LAb2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2
Bar 6
Eb
REb4+G4+Bb4 Eb4+G4+Bb4 Eb4+G4+Bb4
LEb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2
Bar 7
Ab
RAb4+C5+Eb5 Ab4+C5+Eb5 Ab4+C5+Eb5
LAb2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2
Bar 8
Eb
REb4+G4+Bb4 Eb4+G4+Bb4 Eb4+G4+Bb4
LEb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2

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 Finally Free

What are the letter notes for the Finally Free 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 Ab – Eb – Ab – Eb, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Finally Free?

The loop is Ab – Eb – Ab – Eb (IV – I – IV – I) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Eb.

What key is Finally Free in?

Eb major, at about 110 beats a minute in 3/4.

What does the left hand play in Finally Free?

Spinning-top pulse: root bass · 3/4 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Finally Free 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.