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Flashdance...What A Feeling: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Irene Cara

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Left hand Push and landRight hand Late-knock 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 Flashdance...What A Feeling without reading music. The left hand plays push and land (root bass · 1 · 2& · 3 · 4) and the right hand late-knock chords.

Flashdance...What A Feeling accompaniment in letter notes

The Gm – F – Eb – F loop with push and land in the left hand and late-knock chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Gm
RBb4+D5+G5 Bb4+D5+G5 Bb4+D5+G5
LG2 G2 G2 G2
Bar 2
F
RA4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5
LF2 F2 F2 F2
Bar 3
Eb
RG4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5
LEb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2
Bar 4
F
RA4+C5+F5 C4 D4 Eb4 F4 G4 A4 Bb4 C5
LF2 F2 F2 F2
Bar 5
Gm
RBb4+D5+G5 Bb4+D5+G5 Bb4+D5+G5
LG2 G2 G2 G2
Bar 6
F
RA4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5
LF2 F2 F2 F2
Bar 7
Eb
RG4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5
LEb2 Eb2 Eb2 Eb2
Bar 8
F
RA4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5
LF2 F2 F2 F2

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 Flashdance...What A Feeling

What are the letter notes for the Flashdance...What A Feeling 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 Gm – F – Eb – F, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Flashdance...What A Feeling?

The loop is Gm – F – Eb – F (vi – V – IV – V) in Bb major, and the song ends on Eb – F – Bb.

What key is Flashdance...What A Feeling in?

Bb major, at about 120 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Flashdance...What A Feeling?

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

Is Flashdance...What A Feeling easy to play on piano?

Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 4 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.

Made from 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.