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Freak: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Elizabeth Grant & Rick Nowels

  • Ab major
  • 2/2
  • 100 BPM
  • 2015
  • Medium
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Left hand Engine 8thsThe right hand sings the tuneChords 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 Freak without reading music. The left hand plays engine 8ths (root bass · 8ths), and the right hand sings the tune.

Freak accompaniment in letter notes

The Fm – Ab – Bbm – Db loop with engine 8ths in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Fm
RF4+Ab4+C5
LF2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2
Bar 2
Ab
RAb4+C5+Eb5
LAb2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2
Bar 3
Bbm
RBb3+Db4+F4
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 4
Db
RDb4+F4+Ab4 Db7 Ab6 F6 Db6 Bbb5 Ab5 G5 Gb5
LDb3 Db3 Db3 Db3 Db3 Db3 Db3 Db3
Bar 5
Fm
RF4+Ab4+C5
LF2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2
Bar 6
Ab
RAb4+C5+Eb5
LAb2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2
Bar 7
Bbm
RBb3+Db4+F4
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 8
Db
RDb4+F4+Ab4
LDb3 Db3 Db3 Db3 Db3 Db3 Db3 Db3

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 Freak

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

What chords are in Freak?

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

What key is Freak in?

Ab major, at about 100 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in Freak?

Engine 8ths: root bass · 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Freak 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.