Piano chords · Rock drive
From A Distance: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Bette Midler
- G major
- 4/4
- 80 BPM
- 1986
- Medium
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 From A Distance without reading music. The left hand plays power fifths (lh power fifths) and the right hand heartbeat chords.
The main tune of From A Distance 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.
From A Distance accompaniment in letter notes
The G – C – Bm7 – G – C – D – G – C loop with power fifths in the left hand and heartbeat chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.
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 From A Distance
What are the letter notes for the From A Distance 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 G – C – Bm7 – G – C – D – G – C, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in From A Distance?
The loop is G – C – Bm7 – G – C – D – G – C (I – IV – iii7 – I – IV – V – I – IV) in G major, and the song ends on G – D7 – G.
What key is From A Distance in?
G major, at about 80 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in From A Distance?
Power fifths: lh power fifths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is From A Distance 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 From A Distance?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the main tune of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from 6 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.