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Harvest Moon: piano accompaniment sheet music
Written by Neil Young
- D major
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- Isus–I–Isus–I loop
- 1992
- Medium
Harvest Moon written out as piano music: the Isus – I – Isus – I loop in D major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays heartbeat octaves (rocking octaves) and the right hand running-late chords.
Harvest Moon chord chart
The loop once round, bar by bar, in D major. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.
| Bar | Chord | Numeral | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dsus4 | Isus4 | D G A |
| 2 | D | I | D F# A |
| 3 | Dsus4 | Isus4 | D G A |
| 4 | D | I | D 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: heartbeat octaves (rocking octaves) in the left hand and running-late chords in the right, over the Dsus4 – D – Dsus4 – D 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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More by Neil Young
The same Isus–I–Isus–I loop
The same left hand: Heartbeat octaves
Questions about Harvest Moon
Does the sheet music for Harvest Moon 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 Harvest Moon?
The loop is Dsus4 – D – Dsus4 – D (Isus – I – Isus – I) in D major, and the song ends on D – Dsus4 – D.
What key is Harvest Moon in?
D major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Harvest Moon?
Heartbeat octaves: rocking octaves, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Harvest Moon 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.