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Get Up Get Down: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Phillip Phillips, Gregg Wattenberg & others

  • A minor
  • 4/4
  • 104 BPM
  • 2012
  • Medium
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Left hand Engine 8thsRight hand Candle flickerChords 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 Get Up Get Down without reading music. The left hand plays engine 8ths (root bass · 8ths) and the right hand candle flicker.

Get Up Get Down accompaniment in letter notes

The Am – F – G – D loop with engine 8ths in the left hand and candle flicker in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Am
RC4 A3 C4 A3 C4 A3 C4 A3 C4 A3 C4 A3 C4 A3 C4 A3
LA2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2
Bar 2
F
RA4 F4 A4 F4 A4 F4 A4 F4 A4 F4 A4 F4 A4 F4 A4 F4
LF2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2
Bar 3
G
RB4 G4 B4 G4 B4 G4 B4 G4 B4 G4 B4 G4 B4 G4 B4 G4
LG2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2
Bar 4
D
RF#4 D4 F#4 D4 F#4 D4 F#4 D4 A6 F#6 D6 A5 G#5 G5 F#5 F5
LD2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2
Bar 5
Am
RC4 A3 C4 A3 C4 A3 C4 A3 C4 A3 C4 A3 C4 A3 C4 A3
LA2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2
Bar 6
F
RA4 F4 A4 F4 A4 F4 A4 F4 A4 F4 A4 F4 A4 F4 A4 F4
LF2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2
Bar 7
G
RB4 G4 B4 G4 B4 G4 B4 G4 B4 G4 B4 G4 B4 G4 B4 G4
LG2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2
Bar 8
D
RF#4 D4 F#4 D4 F#4 D4 F#4 D4 F#4 D4 F#4 D4 F#4 D4 F#4 D4
LD2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2

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 Get Up Get Down

What are the letter notes for the Get Up Get Down 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 Am – F – G – D, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Get Up Get Down?

The loop is Am – F – G – D (i – bVI – bVII – IV) in A minor, and the song ends on F – G – Am.

What key is Get Up Get Down in?

A minor, at about 104 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Get Up Get Down?

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

Is Get Up Get Down 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.