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Hearts Without Chains: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
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- D minor
- 4/4
- 80 BPM
- bVI–bVII–i–bVI loop
- 2013
- Medium
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 Hearts Without Chains without reading music. The left hand plays hurry-and-wait pulse (root bass · 1 · 1a · 2&) and the right hand hurrying chords.
Hearts Without Chains accompaniment in letter notes
The Bb – C – Dm – Bb loop with hurry-and-wait pulse in the left hand and hurrying chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.
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 Hearts Without Chains
What are the letter notes for the Hearts Without Chains 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 Bb – C – Dm – Bb, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Hearts Without Chains?
The loop is Bb – C – Dm – Bb (bVI – bVII – i – bVI) in D minor, and the song ends on Bb – C – Dm.
What key is Hearts Without Chains in?
D minor, at about 80 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Hearts Without Chains?
Hurry-and-wait pulse: root bass · 1 · 1a · 2&, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Hearts Without Chains 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.