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High Noon: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Dimitri Tiomkin

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Left hand Heartbeat octavesThe right hand sings the tuneChords 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 High Noon without reading music. The left hand plays heartbeat octaves (rocking octaves), and the right hand sings the tune.

High Noon accompaniment in letter notes

The Ab – Eb – Ab – Eb loop with heartbeat octaves in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Ab
RAb4+C5+Eb5
LAb2 Ab3 Ab2 Ab3
Bar 2
Eb
REb4+G4+Bb4
LEb2 Eb3 Eb2 Eb3
Bar 3
Ab
RAb4+C5+Eb5
LAb2 Ab3 Ab2 Ab3
Bar 4
Eb
REb4+G4+Bb4 Bb6 G6 Eb6 Bb5 G5 Gb5 F5 Fb5
LEb2 Eb3 Eb2 Eb3
Bar 5
Ab
RAb4+C5+Eb5
LAb2 Ab3 Ab2 Ab3
Bar 6
Eb
REb4+G4+Bb4
LEb2 Eb3 Eb2 Eb3
Bar 7
Ab
RAb4+C5+Eb5
LAb2 Ab3 Ab2 Ab3
Bar 8
Eb
REb4+G4+Bb4
LEb2 Eb3 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 High Noon

What are the letter notes for the High Noon 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 Ab – Eb – Ab – Eb, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in High Noon?

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

What key is High Noon in?

Eb major, at about 100 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in High Noon?

Heartbeat octaves: rocking octaves, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is High Noon 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.