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Here Today: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Paul McCartney

  • G major
  • 4/4
  • 76 BPM
  • Medium
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Left hand Engine 8thsRight hand Wake-and-run 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 Here Today without reading music. The left hand plays engine 8ths (root bass · 8ths) and the right hand wake-and-run chords.

Here Today accompaniment in letter notes

The Cm – F – Cm – G7 loop with engine 8ths in the left hand and wake-and-run chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Cm
REb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4+C5
LC3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3
Bar 2
F
RA4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5
LF2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2
Bar 3
Cm
REb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4+C5
LC3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3
Bar 4
G7
RB4+D5+G5 G6 F6 D6 B5 G5 F#5 F5 E5
LG2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2
Bar 5
Cm
REb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4+C5
LC3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3
Bar 6
F
RA4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5
LF2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2 F2
Bar 7
Cm
REb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4+C5 Eb4+G4+C5
LC3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3
Bar 8
G7
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5
LG2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2

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 Here Today

What are the letter notes for the Here Today 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 Cm – F – Cm – G7, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Here Today?

The loop is Cm – F – Cm – G7 (iv – bVII – iv – I7) in G major, and the song ends on C – D – G.

What key is Here Today in?

G major, at about 76 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Here Today?

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

Is Here Today 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.