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Flames: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Sia

  • Eb major
  • 4/4
  • 94 BPM
  • 2018
  • Medium
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Left hand Walking rootsRight hand Fairy lightsChords 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 Flames without reading music. The left hand plays walking roots (root bass · quarters) and the right hand fairy lights.

Flames accompaniment in letter notes

The Eb – Fm – Db – Fm loop with walking roots in the left hand and fairy lights in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Eb
RBb4+Eb5 G5 G5 G5 G5 G5 G5 G5 G5 G5 G5 G5 G5
LEb2 Eb2 Eb3 Eb3
Bar 2
Fm
RC5+F5 Ab5 Ab5 Ab5 Ab5 Ab5 Ab5 Ab5 Ab5 Ab5 Ab5 Ab5 Ab5
LF2 F2 F3 F3
Bar 3
Db
RAb4+Db5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5
LDb3 Db3 Db4 Db4
Bar 4
Fm
RC5+F5 Ab5 Ab5 Ab5 Ab5 Ab5 Ab5 D4 Eb4 F4 G4 Ab4 Bb4 C5 D5
LF2 F2 F3 F3
Bar 5
Eb
RBb4+Eb5 G5 G5 G5 G5 G5 G5 G5 G5 G5 G5 G5 G5
LEb2 Eb2 Eb3 Eb3
Bar 6
Fm
RC5+F5 Ab5 Ab5 Ab5 Ab5 Ab5 Ab5 Ab5 Ab5 Ab5 Ab5 Ab5 Ab5
LF2 F2 F3 F3
Bar 7
Db
RAb4+Db5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5
LDb3 Db3 Db4 Db4
Bar 8
Fm
RC5+F5 Ab5 Ab5 Ab5 Ab5 Ab5 Ab5 Ab5 Ab5 Ab5 Ab5 Ab5 Ab5
LF2 F2 F3 F3

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 Flames

What are the letter notes for the Flames 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 – Fm – Db – Fm, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Flames?

The loop is Eb – Fm – Db – Fm (I – ii – bVII – ii) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Eb.

What key is Flames in?

Eb major, at about 94 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Flames?

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

Is Flames 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.