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Glasgow Love Theme (from Love Actually): piano accompaniment sheet music

By Craig Armstrong

  • A major
  • 4/4
  • 80 BPM
  • 2003
  • Medium
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Left hand Pop seesawRight hand Rising lightChords the loop the song repeats most

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Glasgow Love Theme (from Love Actually) written out as piano music: the iv – I – IV – iv loop in A major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays pop seesaw (root–fifth 1-1-5) and the right hand rising light.

Glasgow Love Theme (from Love Actually) chord chart

The loop once round, bar by bar, in A major. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.

BarChordNumeralNotes
1DmivD F A
2AIA C# E
3DIVD F# A
4DmivD F A

What the sheet music shows

The grand staff: the right hand on the treble staff, the left hand on the bass staff, with the chord names above and a finger number on each note (1 is the thumb). It is the accompaniment: pop seesaw (root–fifth 1-1-5) in the left hand and rising light in the right, over the Dm – A – D – Dm chords.

Press play and a cursor follows the music. Above it, Colours paints each note in its key’s colour and Note names writes its letter on its head.

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Questions about Glasgow Love Theme (from Love Actually)

Does the sheet music for Glasgow Love Theme (from Love Actually) have finger numbers?

Yes: every note of both hands has its finger number, 1 being the thumb. To read the notes alone, turn Fingers off above the music.

What chords are in Glasgow Love Theme (from Love Actually)?

The loop is Dm – A – D – Dm (iv – I – IV – iv) in A major, and the song ends on A – Dm – A.

What key is Glasgow Love Theme (from Love Actually) in?

A major, at about 80 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Glasgow Love Theme (from Love Actually)?

Pop seesaw: root–fifth 1-1-5, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Glasgow Love Theme (from Love Actually) 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.