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Hey: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Andreas Bourani

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Left hand Engine 8thsRight hand TwinkleChords 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 Hey without reading music. The left hand plays engine 8ths (root bass · 8ths) and the right hand twinkle.

Hey accompaniment in letter notes

The Db – Gb – Bbm – Ab loop with engine 8ths in the left hand and twinkle in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Db
RDb4+Ab4 F4 Ab4 F4 Ab4 F4
LDb3 Db3 Db3 Db3 Db3 Db3 Db3 Db3
Bar 2
Gb
RGb4+Db5 Bb4 Db5 Bb4 Db5 Bb4
LGb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2
Bar 3
Bbm
RBb3+F4 Db4 F4 Db4 F4 Db4
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 4
Ab
RAb4+Eb5 C5 Eb5 C7 Ab6 Eb6 C6 Bbb5 Ab5 G5 Gb5
LAb2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2
Bar 5
Db
RDb4+Ab4 F4 Ab4 F4 Ab4 F4
LDb3 Db3 Db3 Db3 Db3 Db3 Db3 Db3
Bar 6
Gb
RGb4+Db5 Bb4 Db5 Bb4 Db5 Bb4
LGb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2 Gb2
Bar 7
Bbm
RBb3+F4 Db4 F4 Db4 F4 Db4
LBb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2 Bb2
Bar 8
Ab
RAb4+Eb5 C5 Eb5 C5 Eb5 C5
LAb2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2 Ab2

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 Hey

What are the letter notes for the Hey 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 Db – Gb – Bbm – Ab, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Hey?

The loop is Db – Gb – Bbm – Ab (I – IV – vi – V) in Db major, and the song ends on Bbm – Gb – Db.

What key is Hey in?

Db major, at about 66 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Hey?

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

Is Hey 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.