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Growing Up (feat. Ed Sheeran): easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

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Left hand Lazy footstepsRight hand Beacon blinkChords 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 Growing Up (feat. Ed Sheeran) without reading music. The left hand plays lazy footsteps (root bass · 1 · 3 · 4) and the right hand beacon blink.

Growing Up (feat. Ed Sheeran) accompaniment in letter notes

The E – B – A – B loop with lazy footsteps in the left hand and beacon blink in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
E
RE4 B4 E4 B4 E4 B4 E4 B4
LE2 E3 E2
Bar 2
B
RB3 F#4 B3 F#4 B3 F#4 B3 F#4
LB2 B3 B2
Bar 3
A
RA3 E4 A3 E4 A3 E4 A3 E4
LA2 A3 A2
Bar 4
B
RB3 F#4 B3 F#4 D#4 E4 F#4 G#4 A4 B4 C#5 D#5
LB2 B3 B2
Bar 5
E
RE4 B4 E4 B4 E4 B4 E4 B4
LE2 E3 E2
Bar 6
B
RB3 F#4 B3 F#4 B3 F#4 B3 F#4
LB2 B3 B2
Bar 7
A
RA3 E4 A3 E4 A3 E4 A3 E4
LA2 A3 A2
Bar 8
B
RB3 F#4 B3 F#4 B3 F#4 B3 F#4
LB2 B3 B2

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 Growing Up (feat. Ed Sheeran)

What are the letter notes for the Growing Up (feat. Ed Sheeran) 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 E – B – A – B, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Growing Up (feat. Ed Sheeran)?

The loop is E – B – A – B (I – V – IV – V) in E major, and the song ends on A – B – E.

What key is Growing Up (feat. Ed Sheeran) in?

E major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Growing Up (feat. Ed Sheeran)?

Lazy footsteps: root bass · 1 · 3 · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Growing Up (feat. Ed Sheeran) 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.