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Gone: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By U2

  • F major
  • 4/4
  • 88 BPM
  • 1997
  • Medium
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Left hand Power fifthsRight hand TwinkleChords 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 Gone without reading music. The left hand plays power fifths (lh power fifths) and the right hand twinkle.

Gone accompaniment in letter notes

The Bbm – Ebsus4 – Eb – Bbm loop with power fifths in the left hand and twinkle in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Bbm
RBb3+F4 Db4 F4 Db4 F4 Db4
LBb2+F3 Bb2+F3 Bb2+F3 Bb2+F3 Bb3+F4 Bb3+F4 Bb3+F4 Bb3+F4
Bar 2
Ebsus4
REb4+Bb4 Ab4 Bb4 Ab4 Bb4 Ab4
LEb2+Bb2 Eb2+Bb2 Eb2+Bb2 Eb2+Bb2 Eb3+Bb3 Eb3+Bb3 Eb3+Bb3 Eb3+Bb3
Bar 3
Eb
REb4+Bb4 G4 Bb4 G4 Bb4 G4
LEb2+Bb2 Eb2+Bb2 Eb2+Bb2 Eb2+Bb2 Eb3+Bb3 Eb3+Bb3 Eb3+Bb3 Eb3+Bb3
Bar 4
Bbm
RBb3+F4 Db4 F4 Bb6 F6 Db6 Bb5 A5 Ab5 G5 Gb5
LBb2+F3 Bb2+F3 Bb2+F3 Bb2+F3 Bb3+F4 Bb3+F4 Bb3+F4 Bb3+F4
Bar 5
Bbm
RBb3+F4 Db4 F4 Db4 F4 Db4
LBb2+F3 Bb2+F3 Bb2+F3 Bb2+F3 Bb3+F4 Bb3+F4 Bb3+F4 Bb3+F4
Bar 6
Ebsus4
REb4+Bb4 Ab4 Bb4 Ab4 Bb4 Ab4
LEb2+Bb2 Eb2+Bb2 Eb2+Bb2 Eb2+Bb2 Eb3+Bb3 Eb3+Bb3 Eb3+Bb3 Eb3+Bb3
Bar 7
Eb
REb4+Bb4 G4 Bb4 G4 Bb4 G4
LEb2+Bb2 Eb2+Bb2 Eb2+Bb2 Eb2+Bb2 Eb3+Bb3 Eb3+Bb3 Eb3+Bb3 Eb3+Bb3
Bar 8
Bbm
RBb3+F4 Db4 F4 Db4 F4 Db4
LBb2+F3 Bb2+F3 Bb2+F3 Bb2+F3 Bb3+F4 Bb3+F4 Bb3+F4 Bb3+F4

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 Gone

What are the letter notes for the Gone 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 Bbm – Ebsus4 – Eb – Bbm, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Gone?

The loop is Bbm – Ebsus4 – Eb – Bbm (iv – bVIIsus – bVII – iv) in F major, and the song ends on Bb – C – F.

What key is Gone in?

F major, at about 88 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Gone?

Power fifths: lh power fifths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Gone 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.