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Hey Angel: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by John Henry Ryan, Julian Bunetta & others

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Left hand Bubbly heartbeatRight hand Late-knock chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

Play the full song with sheet music

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 Angel without reading music. The left hand plays bubbly heartbeat (root bass · 1 · 2 · 2a · 3 · 3& · 4) and the right hand late-knock chords.

Hey Angel accompaniment in letter notes

The Eb – Db – Ab – Eb loop with bubbly heartbeat in the left hand and late-knock chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Eb
RG4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5
LEb2 Eb3 Eb3 Eb2 Eb2 Eb3
Bar 2
Db
RF4+Ab4+Db5 F4+Ab4+Db5 F4+Ab4+Db5
LDb3 Db4 Db4 Db3 Db3 Db4
Bar 3
Ab
RC5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5
LAb2 Ab3 Ab3 Ab2 Ab2 Ab3
Bar 4
Eb
RG4+Bb4+Eb5 D4 Eb4 F4 G4 Ab4 Bb4 C5 D5
LEb2 Eb3 Eb3 Eb2 Eb2 Eb3
Bar 5
Eb
RG4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5
LEb2 Eb3 Eb3 Eb2 Eb2 Eb3
Bar 6
Db
RF4+Ab4+Db5 F4+Ab4+Db5 F4+Ab4+Db5
LDb3 Db4 Db4 Db3 Db3 Db4
Bar 7
Ab
RC5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5 C5+Eb5+Ab5
LAb2 Ab3 Ab3 Ab2 Ab2 Ab3
Bar 8
Eb
RG4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5
LEb2 Eb3 Eb3 Eb2 Eb2 Eb3

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 Angel

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

What chords are in Hey Angel?

The loop is Eb – Db – Ab – Eb (I – bVII – IV – I) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Eb.

What key is Hey Angel in?

Eb major, at about 90 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Hey Angel?

Bubbly heartbeat: root bass · 1 · 2 · 2a · 3 · 3& · 4, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Hey Angel 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.