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High Flying, Adored: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Andrew Lloyd Webber

  • Eb major
  • 4/4
  • 100 BPM
  • 1976
  • Medium
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Left hand Pop heartbeatRight hand SnowfallChords worked out from the notes of the famous part

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 High Flying, Adored without reading music. The left hand plays pop heartbeat (root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3)) and the right hand snowfall.

The main tune of High Flying, Adored in letter notes

The real notes from a score, both hands, bar by bar. R is the right hand, L the left; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Cm7 → Cm
RG4+Bb4 G4+Bb4 G4+Bb4 Eb4+G4 D4+F4 C4+Eb4
LG2 G2 G2 C3 C3 C3
Bar 2
Cm7 → Cm
RG4+Bb4 G4+Bb4 G4+Bb4 Eb4+G4 D4+F4 C4+Eb4
LG2 G2 G2 C3 C3 C3
Bar 3
Ab → Gm
RC4+Ab4 G4 Bb3+Eb4 G3+Bb3 G3+Bb3
LAb2 G2
Bar 4
Fm → Cm7
RC4+Ab4 G4 Ab3+Eb4 Ab3+C4
LF2 Bb2 Bb2 Eb2+Eb3

High Flying, Adored accompaniment in letter notes

The Cm7 – Cm – Cm7 – Cm – Ab – Gm – Fm – Cm7 loop with pop heartbeat in the left hand and snowfall in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Cm7 → Cm
RC5 G4 Eb4 C5 G4 Eb4 C5 G4
LC3 C3 C3
Bar 2
Cm7 → Cm
RC5 G4 Eb4 C5 G4 Eb4 C5 G4
LC3 C3 C3
Bar 3
Ab → Gm
RAb5 Eb5 C5 Ab5 D5 Bb4 G5 D5
LAb2 Ab2 G2
Bar 4
Fm → Cm7
RF5 C5 Ab4 F5 D4 Eb4 F4 G4 Ab4 Bb4 C5 D5
LF2 F2 C3
Bar 5
Cm7 → Cm
RC5 G4 Eb4 C5 G4 Eb4 C5 G4
LC3 C3 C3
Bar 6
Cm7 → Cm
RC5 G4 Eb4 C5 G4 Eb4 C5 G4
LC3 C3 C3
Bar 7
Ab → Gm
RAb5 Eb5 C5 Ab5 D5 Bb4 G5 D5
LAb2 Ab2 G2
Bar 8
Fm → Cm7
RF5 C5 Ab4 F5 G4 Eb4 C5 G4
LF2 F2 C3

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 High Flying, Adored

What are the letter notes for the High Flying, Adored 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 Cm7 – Cm – Cm7 – Cm – Ab – Gm – Fm – Cm7, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in High Flying, Adored?

The loop is Cm7 – Cm – Cm7 – Cm – Ab – Gm – Fm – Cm7 (vi7 – vi – vi7 – vi – IV – iii – ii – vi7) in Eb major, and the song ends on Eb – Ab – Eb.

What key is High Flying, Adored in?

Eb major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in High Flying, Adored?

Pop heartbeat: root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is High Flying, Adored easy to play on piano?

It is a medium one: learn the 8 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.

Can I hear the real melody of High Flying, Adored?

Yes: "The part you know" plays the main tune of the song from a score, with both hands.

Made from 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.