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Hard To Love: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Ben Glover, Billy Montana & others

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Left hand Engine 8thsRight hand Clock-tower chimesChords the loop the song repeats most

Play the full song with sheet music

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 Hard To Love without reading music. The left hand plays engine 8ths (root bass · 8ths) and the right hand clock-tower chimes.

Hard To Love accompaniment in letter notes

The D – A – F#m – E loop with engine 8ths in the left hand and clock-tower chimes in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
D
RA4+F#5 D5 A4 D5 A4 D5 A4 D5
LD2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2
Bar 2
A
RE4+C#5 A4 E4 A4 E4 A4 E4 A4
LA2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2
Bar 3
F#m
RC#5+A5 F#5 C#5 F#5 C#5 F#5 C#5 F#5
LF#2 F#2 F#2 F#2 F#2 F#2 F#2 F#2
Bar 4
E
RB4+G#5 E5 B4 E5 G#6 E6 B5 G#5 F#5 F5 E5 D#5
LE2 E2 E2 E2 E2 E2 E2 E2
Bar 5
D
RA4+F#5 D5 A4 D5 A4 D5 A4 D5
LD2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2
Bar 6
A
RE4+C#5 A4 E4 A4 E4 A4 E4 A4
LA2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2
Bar 7
F#m
RC#5+A5 F#5 C#5 F#5 C#5 F#5 C#5 F#5
LF#2 F#2 F#2 F#2 F#2 F#2 F#2 F#2
Bar 8
E
RB4+G#5 E5 B4 E5 B4 E5 B4 E5
LE2 E2 E2 E2 E2 E2 E2 E2

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 Hard To Love

What are the letter notes for the Hard To Love 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 D – A – F#m – E, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Hard To Love?

The loop is D – A – F#m – E (IV – I – vi – V) in A major, and the song ends on D – E – A.

What key is Hard To Love in?

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

What does the left hand play in Hard To Love?

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

Is Hard To Love 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.