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Fix You: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Coldplay

  • Eb major
  • 4/4
  • 69 BPM
  • 2005
  • Medium
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Left hand Oom-pahRight hand Ticking clockChords worked out from the notes of the famous part

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 Fix You without reading music. The left hand plays oom-pah (bass + chords) and the right hand ticking clock.

The main tune of Fix You in letter notes

The real notes from a score, both hands, bar by bar. R is the right hand, L the left; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Eb → Gm
RG5 Bb4 F5 Bb4 G5 Bb4 F5 Bb4 Eb5 Bb4 D5 Bb4 Eb5 Bb4 D5 Bb4
LEb2 Bb2 G3 G2 D3 Bb3
Bar 2
Cm → Bb
RD5 G4 C5 G4 D5 G4 C5 G4 Eb5 Bb4 D5 Bb4 Eb5 Bb4 F5 Bb4
LC3 G3 Eb4 Bb2 G3 D4+Eb4
Bar 3
Eb → Gm
RG5 Bb4 Ab5 Bb4 G5 Bb4 Ab5 Bb4 Bb5 D5 C6 D5 Bb5 D5 C6 D5
LEb2 Bb2 G3 G2 D3 Bb3
Bar 4
Cm → Bb
RD6 G5 Eb6 G5 D6 G5 Eb6 G5 F6 Eb6 D6 Bb5 F5 Eb5 D5 Bb4
LC3 G3 Eb4 Bb2 G3 D4+Eb4

Fix You accompaniment in letter notes

The Eb – Gm – Cm – Bb – Eb – Gm – Cm – Bb loop with oom-pah in the left hand and ticking clock in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Eb → Gm
REb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 G4 G4 G4 G4 G4 G4 G4 G4
LEb2 Bb2+G3 D3+Bb3
Bar 2
Cm → Bb
RC4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3
LC3 G3+Eb4 F3+D4
Bar 3
Eb → Gm
REb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 G4 G4 G4 G4 G4 G4 G4 G4
LEb2 Bb2+G3 D3+Bb3
Bar 4
Cm → Bb
RC4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 Bb6 F6 D6 Bb5 G5 Gb5 F5 E5
LC3 G3+Eb4 F3+D4
Bar 5
Eb → Gm
REb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 G4 G4 G4 G4 G4 G4 G4 G4
LEb2 Bb2+G3 D3+Bb3
Bar 6
Cm → Bb
RC4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3
LC3 G3+Eb4 F3+D4
Bar 7
Eb → Gm
REb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 Eb4 G4 G4 G4 G4 G4 G4 G4 G4
LEb2 Bb2+G3 D3+Bb3
Bar 8
Cm → Bb
RC4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3
LC3 G3+Eb4 F3+D4

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 Fix You

What are the letter notes for the Fix You 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 Eb – Gm – Cm – Bb – Eb – Gm – Cm – Bb, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Fix You?

The loop is Eb – Gm – Cm – Bb – Eb – Gm – Cm – Bb (I – iii – vi – V – I – iii – vi – V) in Eb major, and the song ends on Bbsus4 – Bb – Eb.

What key is Fix You in?

Eb major, at about 69 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Fix You?

Oom-pah: bass + chords, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Fix You easy to play on piano?

It is a medium one: learn the 8 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.

Can I hear the real melody of Fix You?

Yes: "The part you know" plays the main tune of the song from a score, with both hands.

Made from 3 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.