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Heavy Cloud No Rain: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Sting

  • C major
  • 4/4
  • 80 BPM
  • 1993
  • Easy
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Left hand Run-up footstepsRight hand Steady chordsChords 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 Heavy Cloud No Rain without reading music. The left hand plays run-up footsteps (root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 4&) and the right hand steady chords.

Heavy Cloud No Rain accompaniment in letter notes

The Am – Bm – Am – Bm loop with run-up footsteps in the left hand and steady chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Am
RC4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4
LA2 A2 A2 A2 A2
Bar 2
Bm
RD4+F#4+B4 D4+F#4+B4 D4+F#4+B4 D4+F#4+B4
LB2 B2 B2 B2 B2
Bar 3
Am
RC4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4
LA2 A2 A2 A2 A2
Bar 4
Bm
RD4+F#4+B4 D4+F#4+B4 D4 E4 E#4 G4 A4 B4 C5 D5
LB2 B2 B2 B2 B2
Bar 5
Am
RC4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4
LA2 A2 A2 A2 A2
Bar 6
Bm
RD4+F#4+B4 D4+F#4+B4 D4+F#4+B4 D4+F#4+B4
LB2 B2 B2 B2 B2
Bar 7
Am
RC4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4 C4+E4+A4
LA2 A2 A2 A2 A2
Bar 8
Bm
RD4+F#4+B4 D4+F#4+B4 D4+F#4+B4 D4+F#4+B4
LB2 B2 B2 B2 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 Heavy Cloud No Rain

What are the letter notes for the Heavy Cloud No Rain 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 Am – Bm – Am – Bm, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Heavy Cloud No Rain?

The loop is Am – Bm – Am – Bm (vi – vii – vi – vii) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.

What key is Heavy Cloud No Rain in?

C major, at about 80 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Heavy Cloud No Rain?

Run-up footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 4&, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Heavy Cloud No Rain easy to play on piano?

Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 4 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.

Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.