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Give Your Heart Away: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Ella Henderson

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Left hand Walking rootsThe 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 Give Your Heart Away without reading music. The left hand plays walking roots (root bass · quarters), and the right hand sings the tune.

Give Your Heart Away accompaniment in letter notes

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

Bar 1
Ab
RAb4+C5+Eb5
LAb2 Ab2 Ab3 Ab3
Bar 2
Db
RDb4+F4+Ab4
LDb3 Db3 Db4 Db4
Bar 3
Fm
RF4+Ab4+C5
LF2 F2 F3 F3
Bar 4
Eb
REb4+G4+Bb4 Db4 Eb4 F4 G4 Ab4 Bb4 C5 Db5
LEb2 Eb2 Eb3 Eb3
Bar 5
Ab
RAb4+C5+Eb5
LAb2 Ab2 Ab3 Ab3
Bar 6
Db
RDb4+F4+Ab4
LDb3 Db3 Db4 Db4
Bar 7
Fm
RF4+Ab4+C5
LF2 F2 F3 F3
Bar 8
Eb
REb4+G4+Bb4
LEb2 Eb2 Eb3 Eb3

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 Give Your Heart Away

What are the letter notes for the Give Your Heart Away 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 Ab – Db – Fm – Eb, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Give Your Heart Away?

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

What key is Give Your Heart Away in?

Ab major, at about 90 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Give Your Heart Away?

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

Is Give Your Heart Away 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 one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.