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Hit Me With Your Best Shot: piano accompaniment sheet music
Written by Eddie Schwartz
- E major
- 4/4
- 140 BPM
- I–IV–vi–V loop
- 1978
- Medium
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Hit Me With Your Best Shot written out as piano music: the I – IV – vi – V loop in E major for both hands, with chord names and finger numbers. Press play and follow the cursor. The left hand plays power fifths (lh power fifths) and the right hand bossa chords.
Hit Me With Your Best Shot chord chart
The loop once round, bar by bar, in E major. The roman numeral says the chord's place in the key, so the same chart works in any key.
| Bar | Chord | Numeral | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | E | I | E G# B |
| 2 | A | IV | A C# E |
| 3 | C#m | vi | C# E G# |
| 4 | B | V | B D# F# |
What the sheet music shows
The grand staff: the right hand on the treble staff, the left hand on the bass staff, with the chord names above and a finger number on each note (1 is the thumb). It is the accompaniment: power fifths (lh power fifths) in the left hand and bossa chords in the right, over the E – A – C#m – B chords.
Press play and a cursor follows the music. Above it, Colours paints each note in its key’s colour and Note names writes its letter on its head.
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Questions about Hit Me With Your Best Shot
Does the sheet music for Hit Me With Your Best Shot have finger numbers?
Yes: every note of both hands has its finger number, 1 being the thumb. To read the notes alone, turn Fingers off above the music.
What chords are in Hit Me With Your Best Shot?
The loop is E – A – C#m – B (I – IV – vi – V) in E major, and the song ends on A – B – E.
What key is Hit Me With Your Best Shot in?
E major, at about 140 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Hit Me With Your Best Shot?
Power fifths: lh power fifths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Hit Me With Your Best Shot 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.